Availability standards for protective systems
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 70
Where a regulation imposes a requirement for a major emergency or protective system, such as a fire deluge system, it should be required that the operator should set acceptance standards for its availability (para 19.199).
Piper Alpha Inquiry, The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster · 12 Nov 1990 Source PDF, page 396 →
Government response
●No formal government response recorded
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Delivery
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