Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act, 1987

PART I

Preliminary and General

Short title, commencement, construction and collective citations.

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act, 1987.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed therefor by order or orders of the Minister either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act.

(3) The Safety in Industry Acts, 1955 to 1980, and section 47 of this Act shall be construed together as one Act and may be cited together as the Safety in Industry Acts, 1955 to 1987.

(4) The Act of 1968 and section 48 of this Act may be cited together as the Continental Shelf Acts, 1968 and 1987.