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The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005

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Revision of safety case

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14.—(1) In addition to the other occasions on which a duty holder must revise a current safety case pursuant to these Regulations, a duty holder shall revise a current safety case—

(a)when appropriate; and

(b)when directed to do so by the Executive pursuant to regulation 15(1).

(2) Revisions made under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) which make a material change to the current safety case shall not be effective unless—

(a)the duty holder has sent a version of the current safety case which incorporates the proposed revisions, showing clearly where they are to be made, to the Executive—

(i)at least 3 months, or such shorter period as the Executive may specify; or

(ii)where the revisions relate to a combined operation, at least 6 weeks, or such shorter period as the Executive may specify,

before the revisions are to be made; and

(b)the Executive has accepted the revisions.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2)—

(a)no well operation shall constitute a material change;

(b)no revision prepared or made pursuant to regulation 27 shall constitute a material change;

(c)the movement of a production installation to a new location to be operated there shall constitute a material change; and

(d)the conversion of a production installation to enable it to be operated as a non-production installation shall constitute a material change,

to the current safety case for the purposes of paragraph (2).

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