CON Title - [CON Title]

Operator [Company Name]

COIN Numbers - [Case] / [SVC Number]

IMT Topic Assessor [Name]

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SCHEDULE 4 REQUIREMENTS - INSPECTION SUMMARY

Particulars to be included in a
NOTIFICATION OF COMBINED OPERATIONS

Schedule 4 Regulatory Requirement

Clarification
Required

Objection
Raised

Conclusion

1 Name and address of duty holders

involved
2 Description of how management
systems will be co-ordinated
3 Particulars of plant not described in
Safety Case
4 Summary of joint review
5 Description of Combined Operations
and programme of work
6 Name and address of operator
submitting the notification

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IMT Topic Assessor [Name]

SCHEDULE 4 - COMBINED OPERATIONS - INSPECTION TEMPLATE

Note on Purpose of Draft Template
This document will be available to inspectors to record the inspection of a combined operations notification submitted under SCR2015 against the
requirements of Schedule 4, which outlines the Particulars to be included in a notification of combined operations. It has been decided that this will be
conducted by the focal point inspector for the production installation and the non-production installation and by exception the inspector may refer the
notification to a topic specialist inspector to comment where he/she feels it is necessary to explore the details of the submission further.
The document is drafted to complement the guidance being produced to support the regulations as well as existing topic sector guidance. Requirements
identified by green text are new to SCR2015, those in black text were present in SCR05. It is proposed that similar templates will be developed for each
discipline that together will form the complete record of the assessment process undertaken by the Competent Authority. It is proposed to make these
templates freely available to promote transparency and assist industry in drafting its submissions.

Relevant Pre-Existing Guidance

APOSC Principles:
Combined Operations

Principle 28
The management system should address the additional risks associated with combined operations
Principle 29
A systematic approach should be taken to assessing the impact of combined operations on the conclusions of the operational safety case for each
installation
Principle 30
A systematic approach should be taken to identifying and assessing any additional major accident hazards arising from combined operations. These
can be new hazards or changes to existing hazards
Principle 31
The measures for emergency response should be appropriate to the particular combined operation
Principle 32
Elements that become safety critical elements (SCEs) as a result of combined operations should be identified and made subject to verification. They
may be parts of the individual installations, or additional plant or equipment provided for the combined operations

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IMT Topic Assessor [Name]

GASCET Chapters:
3 Safety Management Systems

The SMS should encompass the marine, helicopter and diving activities of the installation, and relevant aspects of combined operations. The
areas of interface between the SMS of these operations, and the SMS of the installation, need to be identified and assessed for clarity, to ensure
potential hazard have been identified due to duplication, commission or omission.

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Operator [Company Name]

COIN Numbers - [Case] / [SVC Number]

IMT Topic Assessor [Name]

SCR2015 Regulatory Requirement

Inspection Guidance / Minimum Information

1. Is the name and address of each duty holder preparing the notification
stated and a confirmation that every such duty holder has agreed to the
contents of the notification? Who are the duty holders?
2. Is there a description, by reference to a bridging document authorised
by all parties to the document, of how the management systems for the
installations involved in the combined operation will be co-ordinated so as
to reduce the risks from a major accident to comply with the relevant
statutory provisions?
3. Are the particulars of any plant to be used in connection with the
combined operation but which is not described in the current safety case
for any of the installations involved in the combined operation given?
4. Is there a summary of a joint review that identified the hazards and
assessed the risks of the combined operation? Does it included:

a description of any activities during the combined operation

which may involve hazards with the potential to cause a major
accident on or in connection with an installation; and
(b) a description of any risk control measures introduced as a result
of that review?
5. Is there a description of the combined operation and a programme of
work, which must include the dates on which the combined operation is
expected to commence and finish?
6. Is the name and address of the duty holder submitting the notification
given? Who submitted the notification?

Doc Ref

Objection Raised

Clarification

Schedule 4 - Particulars to be included in a notification of combined operations

1.The name and address of each duty holder preparing the notification and a confirmation that every such duty holder has agreed to the contents of the
notification.
2. A description, by reference to a bridging document authorised by all parties to the document, of how the management systems for the installations involved
in the combined operation will be co-ordinated so as to reduce the risks from a major accident to comply with the relevant statutory provisions.
3. Particulars of any plant to be used in connection with the combined operation but which is not described in the current safety case for any of the
installations involved in the combined operation.
4. A summary of the joint review referred to in paragraph 14(b) of Schedule 2 or paragraph 13(b) of Schedule 3, which must include
(a)
a description of any activities during the combined operation which may involve hazards with the potential to cause a major accident on or
in connection with an installation; and
(b)
a description of any risk control measures introduced as a result of that review.
5. A description of the combined operation and a programme of work, which must include the dates on which the combined operation is expected to
commence and finish.
6. The name and address of the duty holder submitting the notification.

Inspectors Inspection Comments

IMT Inspector to comment on the detail and adequacy. IMT Inspector shall check
that each installation has a current, accepted safety case.
IMT Inspector to comment on the detail and adequacy

Where additional plant is identified refer to relevant topic specialists to comment on

the detail and adequacy
IMT Inspector to comment on the detail and adequacy or refer to Topic Specialists
for support as required. For Combined Operations involving installations
immediately adjacent to a Production Installation, consideration should be given to
consulting the FE&RA, EER, marine and Structural Topic Specialists in particular.

(a)

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IMT Inspector to comment on the detail and adequacy, refer to Wells or Pipelines
Topic Specialists for support as required. Is the programme of work consistent with
any well notification that may also have been received?
If the notification was submitted by a third party the inspector should satisfy
themselves that the duty holders understand and accept responsibility for the
submission and will abide by its content.
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Operator [Company Name]

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COIN Numbers - [Case] / [SVC Number]

IMT Topic Assessor [Name]

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