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From: Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR)
To: Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR)
The Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR) was set up in 2015 with its role being to oversee industry compliance with the UK regulations which implemented the Directive 2013/30/EU. In addition OSDR had to undertake related functions such as accepting, assessing, approving and/or inspecting relevant Safety Cases, Oil Pollution Emergency Plans, Well Notifications and other notifications.
Reporting of incidents are included as are intervention planning and investigation work.
Although now not a requirement to follow the Directive we still work in partnership to comply with the UK regulations.
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy's (BEIS's) Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning unit (OPRED) and the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) work in this partnership as the regulatory authority to deliver these functions; OPRED for offshore environmental legislation, and HSE for health and safety legislation for offshore oil and gas operations.
We need to remove the reference to the Directive in our ‘branding’. There is no change to our legal obligations and regulatory arrangements.
Our partnership activities will now fall under new branding, The Offshore Major Accident Regulator (OMAR).
Over the following months HSE and OPRED will undertake the necessary adjustments to our document branding.
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