Modifications and the Safety Case
Piper Alpha Inquiry · The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster · Issued 12 November 1990
Government responseNot tracked (historical inquiry)
DeliveryNo statement from the addressee found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, Recommendation 11
As regards modifications to installations or their equipment or procedures, the operator should, before putting the modification into effect, ascertain what effect, if any, it has on the relevant components of the Safety Case. An operator should be required to report to the regulatory body all intended modifications which meet criteria set by the regulatory body, with a view to discussing with the regulatory body whether and to what extent a review of the Safety Case is required (para 17.47).
Piper Alpha Inquiry, The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster · 12 Nov 1990 Source PDF, page 390 →
Government response
●No formal government response recorded
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Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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