Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 2 February to Question 135414 on Offshore Industry: Missing People, what (a) sites and (b) installations are covered by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2013.

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2013 applies to sites within the territorial sea and designated areas.

The types of sites and installations covered by the 2013 Order in either the territorial sea or a designated area are: offshore installations; wells; pipelines; mines; those used for gas importation and storage; energy structures for the production of energy from water or wind; and underground coal gasification as defined in the Order.

The Territorial Sea Act 1987 defines the territorial sea as “A belt of sea over which the UK exercises sovereign jurisdiction. It is adjacent to, and measured from, the UK coastline to a maximum width of 12 nautical miles”. A designated area is one which has been designated by order under Section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964.