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Article 2 Establishment of safety zonesI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of Part 1 of the Schedule having a radius of 500 metres, as respects that installation, from the point which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984f1 specified in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of the Schedule.

(2)

A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of Part 2 of the Schedule having a radius of 500 metres, as respects that installation, from the point which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984 specified in columns 2 and 3 of Part 2 of the Schedule.

(3)

Paragraph (2) comes into force when the installation concerned arrives at its station.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Art. 2(1)(3) in force at 6.7.2017, see art. 1(2)

I2

Art. 2(2) comes into force in accordance with art. 2(3)

Footnotes

f1

The World Geodetic System 1984 (“WGS84”) defines a reference frame for the earth for use in geodesy and navigation. It was developed by the United States’ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and is maintained by it. WGS84 is defined at paragraph 2.1 of the United States’ National Imagery and Mapping Agency Technical Report TR8350.2, third edition, amendment 1 of 3rd January 2000 entitled “Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984” (http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/wgs84fin.pdf).