Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations 2021
90New health and safety risk
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90 New health and safety risk
(1) A person must not—
in the offshore area if—
(g) there has been an occurrence of a significant new risk to health and safety or a significant increase in an existing risk to health and safety arising from the construction, installation, operation, modification or decommissioning of the facility; and
(h) the new risk or increased risk is not provided for—
(i) in the safety case in force for the facility; or
(ii) in a proposal for a variation of a safety case—
(A) submitted to NOPSEMA; and
(B) not refused acceptance by NOPSEMA.
(2) If the titleholder knows about a new risk or increased risk mentioned in subregulation (1)(g), the titleholder must—
(a) notify the operator and NOPSEMA of the new risk or increased risk as soon as practicable; and
(b) notify the operator and NOPSEMA by telephone, facsimile or email.