Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation 18: Offshore Acts as relevant statutory provisions
From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.
Recommendation
The provisions of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 and the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975 which have the same general purposes as those of Part 1 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA), and the regulations made under such provisions, should be made relevant statutory provisions for the purposes of the HSWA (para 21.68).
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 391
Reference: Recommendation 18
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Source
Inquiry
Piper Alpha Inquiry
Report
The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster
12 Nov 1990
Themes and tags
Recommendation made
35.9 years ago