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DNV-OSS-202 Verification for Compliance with UK Shelf Regulations

App.B: Reference Material

APPENDIX B
Reference Material

The HSE issues a lot of reference material that is useful to be aware of and to refer to when needed.

The potential duty holder should consider these items as well as other issues which can be found on the HSE UK website (http://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/).

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Table B-1 Reference Material
Safety Note	Safety notices highlight matters of concern in generic safety issues, which inspectors have identified and forewarn sector duty holders of potential dangers. In the main, they deal with hardware-related issues, hazards and controls.
Info Sheet	Offshore information sheets provide good practice guidance on a range of technical issues.
Operations Note	Operations notices are intended to advise the offshore industry of new regulatory requirements, contact points within the Offshore Division for communications (e.g. accident/incident reporting) and of other Government requirements with respect to offshore operations which may have safety implications.
Research Reports	Research Reports commissioned by the HSE about topics of interest to the industry. They represent current thinking and good practice.
Semi Permanent Circular	The HSE's internal instructions & guidance are arranged in a set of permanent manuals & two series of circulars: Semi Permanent Circulars are internal they are made public under the Freedom of Information Act. They give guidance on how the HSE expects its staff to act and reflects good practice.
Safety Alerts	Safety alerts are a mechanism for urgent notifications to industry, and are normally used to make the interim findings of accident investigations known where urgent action may be required.