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The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2010

S.I. 2010/1739 · Made 5 July 2010 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Offshore Installations

Made 5th July 2010

Coming into force 30th July 2010

The Secretary of State makes this Order —

  1. (a)

    in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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  2. 2Establishment of safety zone Repealed
  3. 3Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule SAFETY ZONE
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2010 and comes into force on 30th July 2010.

2Establishment of safety zoneF1

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3Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997I1

In the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997f1 omit the installation Morecambe Well 110/2A-7 specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 and its co-ordinates of latitude and longitude specified in columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 1.

Signature

Chris Grayling,

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

5th July 2010

SAFETY ZONE

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Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

1

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 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)).

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)).