The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 N.I.

43.—(1) The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 9 (Fees payable in respect of offshore installations)—

(a) in paragraph (2) after “2007 Regulations” insert “or the 2016 Regulations”.

(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) In this regulation, regulation 11 and Schedule 7—

“the 2007 Regulations” means the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and “the 2016 Regulations” means the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;

“installation”, “current safety case”, “safety case” and “owner”, in a case concerning the 2007 Regulations have the same meanings as in those Regulations or in a case concerning the 2016 Regulations, have the same meanings as in the 2016 Regulations;

“operator”—

(a)

in a case concerning the 2007 Regulations has the meaning—

(i)

in the case of the dismantling of a fixed installation under regulation 11 of those Regulations, given in regulation 11(4) of those Regulations;

(ii)

in any other case, given in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations in relation to a production installation;

(b)

in a case concerning the 2016 Regulations, has the meaning given in those Regulations; and

“competent authority” has the meaning given in the 2016 Regulations.”

(3) In Schedule 7 (Fees payable in respect of offshore installations) after the final entry in the Table insert—

“Assessing a design notification (sent to the competent authority pursuant to regulation 15(1) or 19(1) of the 2016 Regulations) for the purpose of deciding whether to raise matters relating to health and safety and raising such matters	The operator or owner who sent the design notification to the competent authority pursuant to that provision
Assessing a relocation notification (sent to the competent authority pursuant to regulation 15(3) of the 2016 Regulations) for the purpose of deciding whether to raise matters relating to health and safety and raising such matters	The operator who sent the relocation notification to the competent authority pursuant to that provision
Assessing a safety case or a revision to a current safety case (sent to the competent authority pursuant to any provision of the 2016 Regulations) for the purpose of deciding whether to accept that safety case or revision and accepting any such safety case or revision	The operator or owner who sent the safety case or revision to the competent authority pursuant to that provision
Providing advice with respect to the preparation of a safety case or a revision to a current safety case which is proposed to be sent to the competent authority pursuant to any provision of the 2016 Regulations	The operator or owner who has requested that advice
Assessing whether to grant an exemption pursuant to regulation 35 of the 2016 Regulations and granting any such exemption	The operator or owner who has requested the exemption”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 14 para. 43 in operation at 19.12.2016, see reg. 1

(1)

S.R. 2012 No. 255, as amended by S.R. 2014 No. 280