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The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 2012

S.I. 2012/3159 · Made 20 December 2012

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Offshore Installations

Made 20th December 2012

Coming into force 10th January 2013

The Secretary of State makes this Order—

  1. (a)

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

  2. (b)

    for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Executive under section 24(2A)f2 of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1987 c. 12.

f2

Section 24(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1993/1823 and 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. 3) Order 2005
  4. 4Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2012
  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 2012 and comes into force on 10th January 2013.

2Establishment of safety zone

(1)

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.

(2)

The safety zone shall apply to the installation also when it is being dismantled in the waters referred to in paragraph (1).

3Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2005

In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2005f1 omit the entry relating to Kittiwake SAL, Block 21/18a, Kittiwake Field in column 1 and its co-ordinates of latitude and longitude specified in columns 2 and 3.

4Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2012

In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2012f1 omit the entry relating to Galia Production Drill Centre, Block 30/24b, Galia Field in column 1 and its co-ordinates of latitude and longitude specified in columns 2 and 3.

Signature

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

Mark Hoban

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

20th December 2012

SAFETY ZONE

(1)

Name or other designation of the offshore installation

(2)

Latitude

(3)

Longitude

Bacchus Field Development

Block 22/6sN, Bacchus Field

57°45.00’ North01°04.80’ 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 subsea 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 Petroleum Act 1987 (currently the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1331)).

This Order removes two safety zones.