Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2015

Regulations - Part IIA of Act of 1999

18. The following is substituted for section 13V (inserted by the Act of 2010) of the Act of 1999:

“13V. The Commission shall, for the purposes of enabling this Part to have full effect, make regulations—

(a) prescribing all major accidents as a class of event for the purposes of the definition of petroleum incident,

(b) prescribing a class of event or occurrence for the purposes of the definition of petroleum incident which in the opinion of the Commission may materially increase the risk of an event or occurrence referred to in section 13U(1)(a) to (d) occurring,

(c) prescribing a class of event or occurrence for the purposes of the definition of petroleum incident to enable the Commission to discharge its reporting obligations to the European Commission, and

(d) prescribing a form to be used by operators or owners in notifying the Commission of a petroleum incident, the timeframe for such reporting and the classes of information to be included in such a form.”.