Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Safety on Offshore Facilities) Regulations 1996
32Consent to undertake work outside of the requirements of the safety case
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32 Consent to undertake work outside of the requirements of the safety case
(1) The Safety Authority may, by notice in writing, given to the operator of a facility, consent to:
(a) the construction of the facility; or
(b) the installation of the facility; or
(c) the operation of the facility; or
(d) the modification of the facility; or
(e) the decommissioning of the facility;
in a manner that is different from the safety case in force in relation to the facility.
(2) The Safety Authority must not give a consent under subregulation (1) unless it is satisfied that there will not be 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 in the relevant manner.