The Offshore Installations (Logbooks and Registration of Death) Regulations 1972
UK Statutory Instrument 1972 No. 1542 — creates 5 criminal offences.
- Made
- 16 October 1972
- In force from
- 30 November 1972
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Miscellaneous
- Made under
- Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations relate to offshore installations to which the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 applies. The Regulations require an official logbook to be maintained in respect of each installation and entries to be made therein of occurrences relating to the safety of the installation and the safety, health and welfare of persons on or working from the installation or the safety of persons in its neighbourhood. Completed logbooks are to be returned to the Department of Trade and Industry. The Regulations also provide for the maintenance on board each installation and ashore of records of persons on or working from the installation and for the making of returns to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen of the death or loss of any person on or from the installation. An obligation is also imposed on the installation owner to inform the next-of-kin or the employer of the deceased or lost person.
Offences created by this instrument
- A contravention of any requirement of Regulation 2(1), 3, 6(1), 7(1) or 9(1) shall be an offence for which the manager… regulation 12(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A contravention of any requirement of Regulation 2(1), 5, 6, 7, 9(2) or 10 shall be an offence for which the owner of… regulation 12(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A contravention of any requirement of Regulation 4 shall be an offence for which the person occasioning the… regulation 12(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- If any person wilfully refuses to give any information necessary for the maintenance of the records required to be… regulation 12(4) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- If any person wilfully enters any false information in a logbook or record required to be maintained by Regulation 7… regulation 12(5) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
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