Vol. 149, No. 1 — January 14, 2015

Registration

SOR/2015-3 January 5, 2015

OFFSHORE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT

Canada – Nova Scotia Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Transitional Regulations

CANADA – NOVA SCOTIA OFFSHORE MARINE INSTALLATIONS AND STRUCTURES TRANSITIONAL REGULATIONS

DEFINITION

1. In these Regulations, “hazardous area” means an area classified as hazardous in accordance with American Petroleum Institute RP 500, Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities. (“zone dangereuse”)

EQUIPMENT

IMMERSION SUITS

2. The operator must provide

FIREFIGHTER AND FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT

3. (1) The operator must ensure that the workplace that is a manned installation be provided with at least 10 sets of firefighter equipment and must ensure that the workplace that is an unmanned installation be provided with at least two sets of firefighter equipment, each of which must consist of

(2) In addition to any firefighting equipment required by the Nova Scotia Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations, the workplace that is a manned installation must be provided with at least four sets, and the workplace at which employees workplace that is an unmanned installation must be provided with at least two sets, of the following equipment:

(3) Each set of equipment required by subsections (1) and (2) must be kept ready for use and stored in a place that is easily accessible.

(4) One of each of the sets of equipment required by subsections (1) and (2) must be located in a place that is easily accessible from the helicopter deck.

N.B. The Explanatory Note for these Regulations appears following SOR/2015-1, Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations.