Replacement of existing offshore regulations
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 19
The Construction and Survey Regulations, the Fire Fighting Equipment Regulations, the Life-Saving Appliances Regulations and the Emergency Procedures Regulations should be revoked and replaced by- (i) Construction Regulations, covering inter alia the structure and layout of the installation and its accommodation. (ii) Plant and Equipment Regulations, covering inter alia plant and equipment on the installation and in particular those handling hydrocarbons. (iii) Fire and Explosion Protection Regulations, covering inter alia both active and passive fire protection and explosion protection, and (iv) Evacuation, Escape and Rescue Regulations, covering inter alia emergency procedures, life-saving appliances, evacuation, escape and rescue. Each of the above sets of regulations should include goal-setting regulations as their main or primary provisions and should be supported by guidance notes giving advice which is non-mandatory in the sense set out in paragraph (ii) of recommendation 17 (para 21.69).
Piper Alpha Inquiry, The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster · 12 Nov 1990 Source PDF, page 391 →
Government response
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Delivery
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