Article 2 Establishment of safety zonesI1I2
United Kingdom
A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule (being an installation to be 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.
Paragraph (1) comes into force, as respects each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule, when the installation arrives at its station.
Annotations
Commencement
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Art. 2(1) comes into force in accordance with art. 2(2)
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Art. 2(2) in force at 18.3.2015, see art. 1(2)
Footnotes
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The World Geodetic System 1984 (“WGS 84”) defines a reference frame for the earth, for use in geodesy and navigation. It was developed by the United States’ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and is maintained by it. WGS 84 is defined at paragraph 2.1 of the United States’ National Imagery and Mapping Agency Technical Report TR8350.2, third edition, amendment 1 of 3rd January 2000 entitled “Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984” (http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/wgs84fin.pdf).