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The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/2492 · Made 17 October 2011

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Offshore Installations

Made 17th October 2011

Coming into force 14th November 2011

The Secretary of State makes this Order—

  1. (a)

    in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(1) and (2) of the Petroleum Act 1987f1 (“the Act”); and

  2. (b)

    for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Executive under section 24(2A) of the Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1987 c.12; section 24(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1993/1823 and is amended by S.I. 2008/960.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Establishment of safety zone
  3. 3Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.7) Order 2007
  4. 4Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.3) Order 2011
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule SAFETY ZONE
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 2011 and comes into force on 14th November 2011.

2Establishment of safety zone

A safety zone is established around the installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Petroleum Act 1987 applies) having a radius of five hundred 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 the Schedule.

3Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.7) Order 2007

In the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.7) Order 2007f1, in the Schedule, omit the entry for Shelley including its co-ordinates.

4Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.3) Order 2011

In the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.3) Order 2011f1, in the Schedule—

(a)

for the co-ordinates for Laggan Manifold, for “60°52.203’North” substitute “60°56.67’North” and for “03°08.285’West” substitute “2°53.62’West”; and

(b)

for the co-ordinates for Tormore Manifold, for “60°52.212’North” substitute “60°52.28’North” and for “03°08.307’West” substitute “3°8.23’West”;

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

C Grayling

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

17th October 2011

SAFETY ZONE

(1)

Name or other designation of the offshore installation

(2)

Latitude

(3)

Longitude

Islay Pipeline End Manifold and Wellhead,

Block 3/15, Islay Field

60°33.470’North

01°56.689’East

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, a safety zone having a radius of 500 metres from the specified point, around the 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)) (article 2).

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)).

The Order removes the safety zone around Shelley by deleting the entry relating to it in the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2007/3559 (article 3) and amends the co-ordinates for Laggan Manifold and Tormore Manifold in the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2011/2228 (article 4).