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Explanatory note

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These Regulations specify circumstances in which the prohibition in section 23 of the Petroleum Act 1987 on vessels (which for this purpose include hovercraft, submersible apparatus and installations in transit) entering or remaining in safety zones established around installations under sections 21 and 22 of that Act is not to apply.