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The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.3) Order 2012

S.I. 2012/1574 · Made 18 June 2012 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Offshore Installations

Made 18th June 2012

Coming into force 13th July 2012

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. Signature
  4. Schedule SAFETY ZONE
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.3) Order 2012 and comes into force on 13th July 2012.

2Establishment of safety zoneI1

A safety zone is established around each 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.

Signature

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

Chris Grayling

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

18th June 2012

SAFETY ZONEI1

(1)

Name or other designation of the offshore installation

(2)

Latitude

(3)

Longitude

Fram Drill Centre East

Block 29/3c, Fram Field

56°50.86’ North01°35.71’ East
F1. . .. . .. . .

Alma Production Manifold

Block 30/24c, Alma Field

56°11.90’ North02°45.76’ East
Pierce C1 Well, Block 23/22a, Pierce Field57°10.99’ North02°12.90’ East

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones 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)).

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)).