{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-zones-order-2015/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-zones-order-2015/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/407",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-zones-order-2015",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones having a radius of 500 metres from the specified point around the eleven installations (which are subsea installations) specified in the Schedule to this Order to be 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)).\nVessels, 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)).\nThe United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) (http://www.ukho.gov.uk/Pages/Home.aspx) publishes nautical charts covering the area in which installations are located, which include information on the existence and, where the scale allows, the location of safety zones. Mariners are advised to keep paper charts up-to-date using appropriate Notices to Mariners or, where electronic charts are used, to subscribe to an appropriate updating service. Vessels meeting the requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 will carry nautical charts and nautical publications (such as Notices to Mariners) to plan and display the ship’s route for the intended voyage and to plot and monitor positions throughout the voyage. This may be compulsory for some vessels, for example under the Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1473). The UKHO also broadcasts Radio Navigational Warnings in relation to safety zones where updates to charts have yet to take effect and where installations are in transit.\nMaritime safety information, which includes information on safety zones, is issued via the appropriate International Maritime Organisation, Global Maritime Distress and Safety System broadcast systems as defined by the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service.\nIt is estimated that the installations, which are not on station at the time of making this Order, will arrive at their stations at the approximate time set opposite their name in the table below:\nName of installation\nEstimated arrival at station\nCatcher Area Development Project, Burgman Field\n1st May 2015\nCatcher Area Development Project, Catcher Field\n1st May 2015\nCatcher Area Development Project, Varadero Field\n1st May 2015\nCawdor Manifold and Production Wells\n1st April 2015\nCayley/Montrose Intermediate Towheads\n1st March 2015\nCladhan Field Development Project\n1st May 2015\nFlyndre Manifold and Production Wells\n1st April 2015\nGolden Eagle Northern Drill Centre\n1st May 2015\nShaw Drill Centre\n1st April 2015\nShaw Water Injection\n1st April 2015\nWestern Isles SDC Development Project\n28th February 2015",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/407/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:58.077045+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}