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action. But if you do follow the guidance you will normally be doing enough to
comply with the law. Health and safety inspectors seek to secure compliance with
the law and may refer to this guidance.
Page 7 has specific reference to the SCR and how following the Code of Practice
and Guidance can help in gaining acceptance by the HSE or other competent author-
ity of the Safety Case for the installation.
Safety Case Regulations

14 SCR 2015 came into force on 19 July 2015. These Regulations apply to
oil and gas operations in external waters (the territorial sea adjacent to
Great Britain and designated areas within the continental shelf (UKCS)),
and replace SCR 2005 in these waters, subject to certain transitional ar-
rangements. Activities in internal waters (e.g. estuaries) will continue to be
covered by SCR 2005.
15 SCR 2005 and SCR 2015 require a safety case to be submitted for acceptance
by HSE or the competent authority, as appropriate, for each installation.
16 Regulation 12(1)(a) of SCR 2005 and regulation 16(1)(a) of SCR 2015 re-
quire a demonstration in the safety case of the adequacy of the management
system for controlling risks to people on the installation or engaged in con-
nected activities, and of arrangements for independent audit of the manage-
ment system, as appropriate. The organisation and arrangements provided
to meet the requirements of PFEER form part of the management system for
the purposes of SCR 2005 and SCR 2015 (whichever is applicable).
17 Regulation 12(1)(c) and (d) of SCR 2005 and regulation 16(1)(c) and (d) of SCR
2015 require a demonstration in the safety case that major accident hazards
have been identified, their risks evaluated and that suitable measures have been,
or will be, taken to control those risks to ensure the relevant statutory provisions
are complied with. Regulation 2(1) of SCR 2005 and SCR 2015 defines the rel-
evant statutory provisions for the relevant regulations, and for SCR 2015 those
are relevant statutory provisions that relate to offshore oil and gas operations.
Regulation 5 of PFEER specifies requirements for a fire and explosion, and
evacuation, escape and rescue assessment. The results of this assessment
will contribute to the demonstration required by SCR 2005 and SCR 2015
(whichever is applicable).
18 In addition, PFEER specifies goals for preventive and protective measures
for managing fire and explosion hazards, and emergency response. Comply-
ing with PFEER, and taking account of the practical guidance contained
in this book, will facilitate HSE’s or the competent authority’s acceptance
of the safety case. The Regulations are in general expressed as broad goals
rather than specific requirements, allowing dutyholders the flexibility to
develop detailed arrangements in the light of hazards, plant configuration
and other circumstances specific to the installation.

PFEER follows the same philosophy as the SCR and Functional Safety Standards
in that it encourages a continual review of risk and the methods of detection and man-
agement of a major hazard to ensure that the risk to personnel and the environment is