Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 2
2 (1) In these Regulations, accidental event means an unplanned or unexpected event or circumstance or series of events or circumstances that may lead to loss of life or damage to the environment; ( événement accidentel ) accommodation area means dependent personnel accommodation or an accommodation installation ( secteur d’habitation ) accommodation installation means an installation that is used to accommodate persons at a production site or drill site and that functions independently of a production installation, drilling installation or diving installation, and includes any associated dependent diving system; ( installation d’habitation ) Act means the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act ; ( Loi ) certificate of fitness means a certificate issued by a certifying authority in accordance with section 4 of the Canada Oil and Gas Certificate of Fitness Regulations ; ( certificat de conformité ) certifying authority has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Certificate of Fitness Regulations ; ( autorité ) Chief means the Chief Safety Officer; ( délégué ) classification society means an independent organization whose purpose is to supervise the construction, ongoing maintenance and any modifications of an offshore platform in accordance with the society’s rules for classing offshore platforms and includes the American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Det norske Veritas Classification A/S and Bureau Veritas; ( société de classification ) contingency plan means a plan that addresses abnormal conditions or emergencies that can reasonably be anticipated; ( plan d’urgence ) control point means a work area other than a control station from which systems and equipment critical to the safety of the installation can be monitored and controlled; ( poste de commande ) control station means a continuously manned work area from which process and export equipment, wellhead manifold and christmas trees, main and emergency power, fire and gas detection, fire control, communications equipment, emergency shutdown systems, ballast control system, dynamic positioning systems and other systems and equipment critical to the safety of the installation are remotely controlled or monitored; ( salle de commande ) damaged condition means, with respect to a floating platform, the condition of the platform after it has suffered damage to the extent described in the Code referred to in subsection 57(9); ( condition avariée ) dependent diving system means a diving system that is associated with an installation other than a diving installation and that does not function independently of the installation; ( système de plongée non autonome ) dependent personnel accommodation means personnel accommodation that is associated with an installation other than an accommodation installation and that does not function independently of the installation; ( logement du personnel connexe ) development plan means a development plan relating to the development of a pool or field that is referred to in section 5.1 of the Act; ( plan de mise en valeur ) development plan approval means the approval of a development plan pursuant to section 5.1 of the Act; ( approbation de plan de mise en valeur ) diving installation means a diving system and any associated vessel that function independently of an accommodation installation, production installation or drilling installation; ( installation de plongée ) Diving Program Authorization means an authorization to conduct a diving program that is issued to an operator pursuant to paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Act; ( autorisation de programme de plongée ) diving system means the plant or equipment used in or in connection with a diving operation, and includes the plant and equipment that are essential to a diver or to a pilot of a manned submersible; ( système de plongée ) drilling base means the stable foundation on which a drilling rig is installed, and includes the ground surface, an artificial island, an