Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety
Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Consultation to replace the Health and Safety at Work etc Act (Application
outside Great Britain) Order 2001, with a new 2013 Application outside
Great Britain Order.
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Size of organisation:
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1 to 9 employees
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In what capacity are you responding:
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An employer
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professional/Safety representative
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Section 1 Consolidating Energy Structure requirements into the 2013 Order.
Replacing the 2001 Order
1. Do you support HSE's proposal to replace the 2001 Order with a new 2013
Order?
Yes
No
Please provide some comments to support your answer.
Consultation point 1 - Extending coverage beyond the territorial sea
Q2. In considering proposals to extend its jurisdiction beyond the territorial
sea HSE is not aware of any work activities that are, or may be undertaken
other than those that fall within scope of those already covered by Articles 4 11 of the new 2013 Order.
Are you aware of or can you suggest any other activities that would take place
offshore beyond 12 miles that are not already covered by Articles 4 – 11 in the
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new 2013 Order?
Are you
Section 2 Offshore emerging energy technologies
Consultation point 2 - Offshore storage of combustible gas, storage of carbon
dioxide and underground coal gasification (UCG)
Q1. Do you agree that the wording in the proposed Article 8 (covering gas
importation and storage) specifically covers activities connected with both
combustible gas and carbon dioxide storage?
Yes
No
Q2. Combustible gas and carbon dioxide importation and storage is included in
Article
8.
a) Is HSE right to include them in the same article (Article 8)?
Yes
No
Please provide some comments to support your answer.
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b) Do you think HSE should address combustible gas and carbon dioxide
activities in two separate articles?
Yes
No
Please provide some comments to support your answer.
Q3. Do you agree that all work activities associated with combustible gas and
carbon dioxide are covered by Article 8?
Yes
No
If not please give reasons why and explain how you think HSE should address
this.
Q4. Do you believe that Article 10 which is specific to underground coal
gasification, is sufficient to give HSE the jurisdiction to regulate all activities
associated with UCG?
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Yes
No
Please provide some comments to support your answer and include any
alternative proposals you may have.
Q5. Given the limited information available about the storage of carbon
dioxide and UCG, do you agree with HSE that the most appropriate way to
regulate these activities in the short term is by applying the general
provisions of the HSWA?
Yes
No
Please provide some comments to support your answer and include any
alternative proposals you may have.
Section 3 Addressing operational lessons learned from applying the 2001
Order
Consultation point 3 - Regulating decommissioning and demolition of an
offshore installation
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Q1. Can you think of any situation where an offshore installation would ever
be used for anything other than activities connected with oil and gas
exploitation or exploration, or the storage and recovery of gas (as outlined
within the definition of an offshore installation)?
Yes
No
Please provide some comments to support your answer.
Q2. Do you think HSE needs to take these steps to ensure it can regulate high
risk decommissioning and dismantling activities associated with offshore
installations using its offshore major hazard regulations?
Yes
No
Please provide some comments to support your answer.
Consultation point 4 - Updating the definition of an offshore installation
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Q1. Do you agree with HSE’s proposals to clarify the structures that HSE will
regulate as offshore installations under the HSWA and offshore regulations?
Yes
No
Please provide some comments to support your answer.
Section 4 Government policy in relation to micro businesses
Consultation point 5 - Ensuring micro businesses and start ups are covered by
offshore legislation
Q1. Do you agree with HSE’s view that micro businesses and ‘start ups’ need
to be covered by, and comply with, the 2013 Order?
Yes
No
Q2. Please give your reasons for agreeing or not agreeing that microbusinesses and ‘start ups’ need to be covered by the Order.
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Section 5 The impact assessment (IA)
Consultation point 6 - Questions relating to the Impact Assessment
Q1. Do you agree with the analysis presented in the Impact Assessment,
specifically:
a) That it has been assumed that there will be no extra compliance costs to
industry from these proposals
Yes
No
Please provide comments if you wish.
b) That the assumptions on how long it will take industry to familiarise
themselves with the 2013 Order are correct?
Yes
No
Please provide comments if you wish.
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2. What do you think would happen to health and safety performance in the
sector if a new Order is not introduced?
Additional information
Are there any further comments you would like to make on the issues raised in
this consultation document that you have not already responded to in this
questionnaire?
Is there anything you particularly liked or disliked about this consultation?
Please send your response by 4 July 2012 to:
Mike Readitt
Health and Safety Executive
5S.2 Desk 22
Redgrave Court
Merton Road
Bootle
Liverpool L20 7HS
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Tel: 0151 951 4757
Fax: 0151 951 4575
E-mail: [email protected]
Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire
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