Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation 21: Treatment of existing guidance notes
From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.
Recommendation
As regards existing guidance notes the regulatory body should consider whether and to what extent they should be treated without replacement or modification as giving non-mandatory advice in the sense set out in paragraph (ii) of recommendation 17; and should inform the industry accordingly (para 21.71).
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 391
Reference: Recommendation 21
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