# The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2017, Article 2: Establishment of safety zone


(1) A safety zone is established around the 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 1984 specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.
(2) Paragraph (1) comes into force—
(a) on 30th January 2017, where the installation arrives at its station before that date; and
(b) when the installation arrives at its station, in any other case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/23/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-zones-order-2017/article-2
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