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The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/41 · Made 10 January 2007 · Extends to United Kingdom

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Made 10th January 2007

Coming into force 31st January 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 22(1) and (2) of the Petroleum Act 1987f1 (“the Act”), and for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 24(2A) of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1987 c.12; section 24(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1993/1823.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Establishment of safety zones
  3. 3Amendment to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997
  4. 4Amendment to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2003
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule 1SAFETY ZONES
  7. Schedule 2AMENDMENTS
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 31st January 2007.

2Establishment of safety zonesI1

A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 (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 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 Schedule 1.

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

In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997f1 the entry relating to Brent South Subsea Wellhead shall be omitted.

4Amendment to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2003I1

In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2003f1 the entries relating to the installations specified in Schedule 2 shall be omitted.

Signature

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

Bill McKenzie

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

10th January 2007

Schedule 1SAFETY ZONESI1

(1)

Name or other designation of the offshore installation

(2)

Latitude North

(3)

Longitude

Affleck Production Manifold, Block 30/19a, Affleck Field56° 26.55’02° 42.07’ E
Minke Well WSG84, Block 44/24a, Minke Field54° 15.24’02° 44.59’ E
F1. . .. . .. . .
Maria Manifold, Block 16/29a, Maria Field58° 01.65’01° 42.88’E

Schedule 2AMENDMENTSI1

(1)

Name or other designation of the offshore installation

(2)

Latitude North

(3)

Longitude
Ardmore SAL1, Block 30/24, Ardmore Field56° 11.89’02° 47.17’E
Ardmore SAL2, Block 30/24, Ardmore Field56° 11.16’02° 47.52’E

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 point around each installation specified in Schedule 1 and stationed in waters to which section 21(7) of the 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 (S.I. 1987/1331)).

This Order also amends the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/735) (article 3), and the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1710) (article 4).