# Petroleum Act 1987, Section 24: Safety zones: supplementary.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) For the purposes of sections 21 to 23—
(a) any floating structure or device maintained on a station by whatever means, and
(b) any apparatus or works treated as associated with a pipe or system of pipes by section 26 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (but not anything else within the definition of pipe-line in that section),
shall be taken to be an installation.
(2) Any power to make orders or regulations under sections 21 to 23 shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and a statutory instrument containing an order under section 21 or regulations under section 23 shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(2A) It shall be the duty of the Health and Safety Executive to submit from time to time to the Secretary of State such proposals as the Executive considers appropriate for the making of orders under section 21 or 22.
(3) Sections 21 to 23—
(a) so far as they apply to individuals, apply to them whether or not they are British citizens, and
(b) so far as they apply to bodies corporate, apply to them whether or not they are incorporated in any part of the United Kingdom.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/12/section/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1987/section-24
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