Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act, 1987
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Safety statements. |
26.—(1) The owner of an offshore installation to which this Act applies shall as soon as practicable prepare (or cause to be prepared) a statement in writing specifying the manner in which the safety and health of persons employed on, in or in the neighbourhood of the installation will be secured. | |
(2) The Minister may make regulations for giving effect to subsection (1) of this section and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, regulations under this section may provide that the statement required by that subsection shall specify— | ||
(a) the arrangements for safeguarding the safety and health of persons referred to in that subsection; | ||
(b) the co-operation required from such persons in relation to safety and health; | ||
(c) any safety training facilities which are available; | ||
(d) the measures to be taken in relation to dangers so specified or risks of any such danger on or about the installation; | ||
(e) any matters specified in regulations under this section which are for the time being in force. | ||
(3) Where— | ||
(a) the Minister is given a notice under section 9 of this Act of an intention either to establish an offshore installation in waters to which this Act applies or to commence exploration or exploitation operations in such waters, and | ||
(b) the offshore installation is established or the operations are commenced, and | ||
(c) within the period of two months beginning on the date of such establishment or commencement a statement referred to in subsection (1) of this section has not been prepared in relation to the offshore installation so established or by the use of which the operations are carried on, the Minister may serve on the owner of the offshore installation a notice requiring such a statement to be prepared within such period (being not less than one month) as shall be specified in the notice and, where such a notice is served, the person on whom it is served shall comply with its requirements. | ||
(4) The Minister may by regulations require that information regarding matters specified in the regulations shall be included in statements under subsection (1) of this section. | ||
(5) Where, in relation to an offshore installation, there is for the time being neither a safety representative nor a safety committee, the installation manager shall, where requested to do so by any person employed on or in the installation give (or cause to be given) not later than ten days from the expiration of the period specified under subsection (3) (c) of this section for the preparation of such statement, or not later than ten days from the date of such request, whichever shall be the later, to that person a copy of the relevant statement under subsection (1) of this section. | ||
(6) (a) Where such a statement is prepared but the Minister is not satisfied that it is adequate for the purposes of this section, the Minister may direct that the statement be revised in a manner specified in the direction and, where the Minister gives such a direction he shall as soon as practicable serve on the owner of the offshore installation to which the direction relates a copy of the direction, and the owner shall comply therewith within such period (being of not less than one month) as shall be specified therein. | ||
(b) The Minister may if he thinks fit cancel a direction under this subsection. | ||
(7) The Minister may by regulations require that, where a statement is prepared or revised under this section, the relevant installation manager shall ensure that a copy of the statement so prepared or revised is entered in the installation logbook of the offshore installation concerned, and that a copy of the statement so prepared or revised is given to an inspector who requests it from such manager. | ||
(8) Where a statement is revised under this section the relevant installation manager shall give (or cause to be given) a copy of the statement so revised to— | ||
(a) in case there is a safety representative for the installation concerned, that person or his deputy, or | ||
(b) in case there is a safety committee for such installation, that committee, or | ||
(c) in case there is neither a safety representative nor a safety committee for such installation, any person employed on or in such installation, where requested to do so by such person; | ||
provided that in the case of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this subsection the copy revised statement shall be given (or caused to be given) as soon as practicable, and in any event not later than ten days from the expiration of the period specified under subsection (6) (a) of this section for revision of the statement, and in the case of paragraph (c) of this subsection the copy revised statement shall be given (or caused to be given) not later than ten days from the expiration of the period so specified, or not later than ten days from the date of the request, whichever shall be the later. |