Operations notices

Operations Notices are intended to advise the offshore industry of new regulatory requirements, contact points within the Offshore Division for communications (eg accident/incident reporting) and of other Government requirements with respect to offshore operations which may have safety implications.

No.	Title	Issue date
3	Liaison with other bodies	Jun 08
4	Radioactive substances act 1993	Jan 02
6	Reporting of offshore installation movements	Jun 08
9	Exclusions and exemptions from offshore safety legislation	Jan 02
11	Reporting of safety zone infringements	Jan 02
14	Guidance on coast protection act - consent to locate and the marking of offshore installations	Jun 08
22	Complaints relating to safety issues on offshore installations	May 02
27	Status of technical guidance on design, construction and certification	Nov 2005
30	Arrangements for reporting under RIDDOR 95	Jul 08
34	Ionising radiations regulations 1999: notification of offshore site radiography work	Mar 04
37	Offshore installations and wells (design and construction, etc) regulations 1996 arrangements for reporting danger to an installation	Jan 02
39	Offshore installations and pipeline works (management and administration) regulations 1995 guidance on identification of offshore installations	Jun 08
42	Offshore development areas	Jan 02
54	Establishment of safety zones for sub-sea installations	Feb 07
55	Suitable secondary roles for offshore medics	Mar 02
56	Offshore first aid and medic training and examinations	Mar 02
58	Dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres regulations 2002	Jan 03
59	The equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres regulations 1996	Jan 03
60	Reporting cases of disease under the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)	Apr 03
61	Management of collision risk - Radio communication between offshore installations, their standby vessels and merchant ships	Apr 03
62	Goals for the provision of accommodation on offshore installations	Feb 05
63	A guide to the equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres regulations 1996	Dec 03
64	The misuse of drugs regulations 2001: supply and possession of controlled drugs offshore	Jan 04
65	Terms and conditions of employment. The working time regulations - extension offshore	Dec 03
67	Offshore helideck design guidelines	Oct 04
69	Revising an existing safety case to comply with the 2005 Safety Case Regulations	Nov 05
70	Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 - Combined Operations What particulars, relating to combined operations, should be provided in the safety case for an installation?	Jan 06
71	Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 - Guidance	May 06
72	Status of OMHEC guidance	May 06
73	Revision of Offshore Safety Cases to include Generic Aspects of Combined Operations - A Reminder	Oct 06
74	Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 (SCR05) – Submission of notifications, thorough review summaries and safety cases	Nov 07
75	Offshore installations (safety case) regulations 2005 (SCR05)  -  Timescale for thorough review	June 08