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The Health and Safety (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Jurisdiction: England, Scotland, Wales

Commencement: Immediately before IP completion day  

Amends:

  1. Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 
  2. Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 
  3. Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995 
  4. Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996 
  5. Control of Artificial Optical Radiation at Work Regulations 2010 

Mini Summaries
The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 contain requirements for the management and administration of offshore oil and gas installations in the waters around Great Britain and the United Kingdom’s administered region of the continental shelf, for the purposes of health and safety.

The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 set duties for management of fire and other emergency scenarios on offshore installations.

The Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995 contain requirements in relation to borehole operations carried on at borehole sites in Great Britain, for purposes of health and safety.

The Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996 apply duties to the operators of offshore fixed installations and wells, for the safe design, construction, operation and eventual suspension of those installations and wells.
The Control of Artificial Optical Radiation at Work Regulations 2010 place duties on employers to protect employees from the risk of artificial optical radiation in the workplace.

Amendments
Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 

This amendment comes into force immediately before IP completion day,* i.e. the day before the end of the transition period in place for the United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the European Union (EU).  

The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 amended The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 to ensure they continued to operate effectively following the UK’s exit from the EU. The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 are amended to make it clear that the amendments they made come into force on IP completion day, as opposed to exit day,** as previously stated. 

*IP completion day is the day the transition period ends for the UK’s exit from the EU and is 31st December 2020. 

*Exit day was 31st January 2020

 

Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 

This amendment comes into force immediately before IP Completion day,* i.e. the day before the end of the transition period in place for the United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the European Union (EU).  

The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 amended The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 to ensure they continued to operate effectively following the UK’s exit from the EU. The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 201are amended to make it clear that the amendments they made come into force on IP completion day, as opposed to exit day,** as previously stated. 

*IP completion day is the day the transition period ends for the UK’s exit from the EU and is 31st December 2020. 

*Exit day was 31st January 2020. 

 

Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995 

This amendment comes into force immediately before IP completion day,* i.e. the day before the end of the transition period for the United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the European Union (EU).  

The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 amended The Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995 to ensure they continued to operate effectively following the UK’s exit from the EU. The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 201are amended to make it clear that the amendments they made come into force on IP completion day, as opposed to exit day,** as previously stated. 

*IP completion day is the day the transition period ends for the UK’s exit from the EU and is 31st December 2020. 

**Exit day was 31st January 2020.

 

Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996 

This amendment come into force immediately before IP completion day,* i.e. the day before the end of the transition period for the United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the European Union (EU).  

The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 amended The Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996 to ensure they continued to operate effectively following the UK’s exit from the EU. The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 201are amended to make it clear that the amendments they made come into force on IP completion day, as opposed to exit day,** as previously stated.

*IP completion day is the day the transition period ends for the UK’s exit from the EU and is 31st December 2020. 

*Exit day was 31st January 2020.

 

Control of Artificial Optical Radiation at Work Regulations 2010 

This amendment come into force immediately before IP completion day,* i.e. the day before the end of the transition period for the United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the European Union (EU) 

The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 amended The Control of Artificial Optical Radiation at Work Regulations 2010 to ensure they continued to operate effectively following the UK’s exit from the EU. The Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 are amended to make it clear that the amendments they made come into force on IP completion day, as opposed to exit day,** as previously stated. [July 2020]  

*IP completion day is the day the transition period ends for the UK’s exit from the EU and is 31st December 2020. 

*Exit day was 31st January 2020.

 

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