Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation 20: Standards used to comply with goal-setting
From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.
Recommendation
Operators should be encouraged to specify the standards which they will use to comply with goal-setting regulations. For a given installation compliance may be demonstrated by reference to such standards, the terms of guidance notes and what is shown by a safety assessment or a combination of one or more of such methods (paras 17.66 and 21.70).
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 391
Reference: Recommendation 20
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