This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st September 2008.
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Establishment of safety zones
A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Petroleum Act 1987 applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
11th August 2008
William D McKenzie
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
SCHEDULE
Article 2
SAFETY ZONES
(1)
(2)
(3)
Name or other designation of the offshore installation
Latitude North
Longitude
Chestnut Field Well 22/2A-15, Block 22/2A, Chestnut Field
57° 57.04’
01° 12.92’ E
Galley Riser Base Structure, Block 15/23a, Galley Field
58° 17.55’
00° 26.17’ E
Grouse Sub-Sea Wells, Block 21/19, Grouse Field
57° 28.19’
00° 37.14’ E
Don Fields Single Anchor Loading Base, Block 211/18, Don Field
61° 26.6’
01° 29.18’ E
West Don Well Centre, Block 211/18, Don Field
61° 29.66’
01° 25.74’ E
Don Southwest Production Well Centre, Block 211/18, Don Field
61° 28.07’
01° 32.09’ E
Don Southwest Injection Well Centre, Block 211/18, Don Field
This Order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones having a radius of 500 metres from the point around each installation specified in the Schedule and stationed in waters to which section 21(7) of the Act applies (these include territorial waters and waters in areas designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c.29)) (article 2).
Vessels, 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 Act (currently the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Regulations (S.I. 1987/1331)).
