# The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 34) Order 1987, Article 2


(1) A safety zone is hereby established around the installation specified in Column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being an installation maintained in waters to which 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.
(2) The prohibition under section 21(3) of the Act on a vessel entering or remaining in a safety zone without the consent of the Secretary of State shall not apply to a vessel entering or remaining in the safety zone established under paragraph (1) above —
(a) in connection with the laying, inspection, testing, repair, alteration, renewal or removal of any submarine cable or pipe-line in or near that safety zone;
(b) to provide services for, to transport persons or goods to or from, or under the authority of a government department to inspect, any installation in that safety zone;
(c) if it is a vessel belonging to a general lighthouse authority performing duties relating to the safety of navigation;
(d) in connection with the saving or attempted saving of life or property;
(e) owing to stress of weather; or
(f) when in distress.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/977/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-zones-no-34-order-1987/article-2
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