Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act, 1987
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Provisions relating to section 3 and amendment of Act of 1968. |
48.—(1) It is hereby declared that, notwithstanding that section 3 of the Act of 1968 may affect individuals or bodies corporate outside the State, it applies to any individual whether or not he is an Irish citizen and to any body corporate whether or not incorporated under the law of the State. | |
(2) It shall not be held in any legal proceedings that section 3 of the Act of 1968 or subsection (1) of this section does not apply in a particular case by reason only of the fact that an offshore installation is or was in transit. | ||
(3) Section 1 of the Act of 1968 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following definition after the definition of “designated area”: | ||
“' installation' includes any floating structure or device maintained on a station by whatever means;”, | ||
and the said section 1, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section. | ||
TABLE | ||
1.—In this Act— | ||
“designated area” means an area standing designated for the time being by order under section 2 of this Act; | ||
“installation” includes any floating structure or device maintained on a station by whatever means; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce. |