Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act, 1987
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Jurisdiction. |
38.—(1) Where— | |
(a) any act or omission takes place either on an offshore installation which is in waters to which this Act applies or in any part of waters which are within five hundred metres of such an installation, or | ||
(b) (i) any act or omission takes place either in any part of the waters to which this Act applies which is not within five hundred metres of an offshore installation which is for the time being in waters to which this Act applies, or under or above any such part, or such an offshore installation, and | ||
(ii) the act or omission is connected with the exploration or exploitation of the sea bed or subsoil for petroleum or other minerals, | ||
in case the act or omission constitutes either an offence under this Act or a wrong and legal proceedings are taken for the offence or as respects the wrong and a Judge of the Circuit Court or a Justice of the District Court before whom the proceedings are brought has not apart from this section jurisdiction to hear and determine the proceedings, then for the purpose of conferring such jurisdiction the offence or the wrong may be treated as having been committed within the circuit of such Judge or the District Court District to which such Justice is assigned, as may be appropriate. | ||
(2) The reference in section 10 (1) of the Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 , to a ship shall be construed as including a reference to an offshore installation. | ||
(3) In this section “wrong” has the meaning assigned to it by the Civil Liability Act, 1961 . |