398. The 1992 Act and the subsidiary legislation were enforced by the Offshore Safety Division (now Offshore Energy) of the Health and Safety Executive. Certification and verification The prescriptive offshore certification regime had been introduced by the Offshore Installations (Construction and Survey) Regulations 1974. A Certifying Authority inspected the design, construction and operation of an installation against published guidance. This regime continued after the passage of the 1992 Act. It was replaced in 1996 with a goal-setting verification scheme by the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction etc) Regulations 1996. Later enactments The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 (c. 20) repealed Section 4 of the 1992 Act. See also Health and Safety Executive Piper Alpha Oil platform Offshore Installation Manager List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea North Sea Oil References United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1992 History of the petroleum industry in the United Kingdom