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2004 No. 1746

OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2004

  Made 30th June 2004 
  Coming into force 21st July 2004 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1) and (2) of the Petroleum Act 1987[1] (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 24(2A) of the Act, hereby makes the following order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 21st July 2004.

Establishment of safety zones
     2. A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act 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.

Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2004
     3. In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2004[2], for "57° 29.42'" in column 2 there shall be substituted "59° 29.42'".


Jane Kennedy
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

30th June 2004



SCHEDULE
Article 2


SAFETY ZONES


(1) (2) (3)
Name or other designation of the offshore installation Latitude North Longitude East
Nevis Central Lewis, Block 9/13a, Beryl Field 59° 33.35' 01° 24.06'
Arthur Production Well 1 and Subsea Manifold, Block

53/02, Thames and Welland Field

 52° 54.63' 02° 14.93'
Arthur Production Well 2, Block 53/02, Thames and

Welland Field

 52° 53.81' 02° 17.25'


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)


This order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones having a radius of 500 metres from the specified point around each installation specified in the Schedule to this order and 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)) (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 1987/1331).

The order corrects an error in respect of the co-ordinates for an installation in the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2004/1409 (article 3).

Notes:

 [1] 1987 c. 12; section 24(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1993/1823.back

[2] S.I. 2004/1409.back


ISBN 0 11 049488 1


  © Crown copyright 2004

Prepared 14 July 2004

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