The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1998

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1998-05-11
State In force
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Made: 11th May 1998

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1), (2) and (3) of the Petroleum Act 19871 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st June 1998 except in article 2 the words “and Part II” and Part II of the Schedule, which shall come into force on 1st August 1998.

2

A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of Part 1 and Part II of the Schedule hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.

SCHEDULE — SAFETY ZONES

(1) (2) (3)
Name or other designation of the offshore installation Latitude North Longitude East
PART I PART I PART I
Fulmar STL Buoy 56°28'38.2" 02°07'53.9"
Renee Field 58°03'03" 00°21'05"
Rubie Field 58°04'36" 00°26'31"
PART II PART II PART II
Banff–Manifold 29/2a 56°59'24.39" 01°18'56.22"
Offloading Tanker Point–22/27a 57°00'30.49" 01°19'01.27"
Bruce Field Western Area Subsea Facilities 59°44'01.19" 01°34'20.99"

Signed

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Angela Eagle — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 11th May 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the order)

This order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones having a radius of 500 metres from the specified point, around each installation specified in the Schedule to this order and stationed in waters to which section 21(7) of that Act applies (these include territorial waters and waters in areas designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29)).

Vessels (which for this purpose include hovercraft, submersible apparatus and installations in transit) are prohibited from entering or remaining in a safety zone except with the consent of the Health and Safety Executive or in accordance with regulations made under section 23(1) of the Act (currently the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1331)).

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