Britain's Health & Safety Executive has submitted new regulations before the UK Parliament, designed to replace the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations of 1992.
Offshore staff
(UK) - Britain's Health & Safety Executive has submitted new regulations before the UK Parliament, designed to replace the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations of 1992.
They are expected to be enacted on April 6, 2006. Among the changes proposed will be increased inspection visits offshore by HSE officials, and an extended role for safety representatives. More specifically:
*Every five years, duty holders will have to perform a thorough review of their safety case, as directed by the HSE (reviews are currently mandatory after three years).
* Licensees must ensure that the company appointed operator is capable of managing its legal responsibilities for safety.
* Combined operations safety to be replaced by notifications, which do not need acceptance by the HSE.
* Statutory right of appeal to be introduced against an HSE decision to reject a safety case.
