The Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002
UK Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1861 — creates 2 criminal offences.
- Made
- 17 July 2002
- In force from
- Not determined
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries
- Made under
- Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999
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 are made under section 3 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and provide for powers (corresponding to those under sections 137 to 140 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 in relation to ships) to prevent and reduce pollution and the risk of pollution following an accident involving an offshore installation. These Regulations implement the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s Review of Salvage and Intervention and their Command and Control (Cm. 4193: Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, March 1999) in relation to oil and gas activities carried out wholly or partly on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf. Regulation 2 deals with definitions. Regulation 3 sets out when the powers are exercisable, to whom the Secretary of State may give directions and what the persons may be directed to do. This regulation also allows the Secretary of State in certain circumstances to take action as respects an offshore installation and provides for the appointment of persons to exercise powers on the Secretary of State’s behalf. Regulation 4 provides for compensation for persons incurring expense or suffering damage in certain circumstances in connection with the exercise of powers under these Regulations. Regulation 5 deals with offences and penalties and regulation 6 with the service of directions. These Regulations come into force on 18th July 2002. A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and copies can be obtained from Oil and Gas Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry, Atholl House, Guild Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6AR (Tel. 01224 254103). Copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament.
Offences created by this instrument
- A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any requirement of a direction given to him under regulation 3 above… regulation 5(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who intentionally obstructs any person who is— a acting on behalf of the Secretary of State in connection… regulation 5(2) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
What Parliament said about it
Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
- Environmental Protection
Commons · Commons Chamber · 25 June 2002
That the draft Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002, which were laid before this House on 12th June, be approved.— [Mr. Jim Murphy.]
- Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002 Lords · Lords Chamber · 10 July 2002
How Parliament handled it
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Check the source
- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 2002