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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1997 No. 735
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997
Made
10th March 1997
Coming into force
31st March 1997
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, hereby makes the following order:
Citation and Commencement
1
.
This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st March 1997.
Establishment of safety zones
2
.
A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 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 that Schedule.
Revocation of orders
3
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The orders listed in Schedule 2 hereto are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment.
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 48) Order 1987
S.I. 1987/1332
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 70) Order 1987
S.I. 1987/2016
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 71) Order 1987
S.I. 1987/2017
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1988
S.I. 1988/1080
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1988
S.I. 1988/1081
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1988
S.I. 1988/1481
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (Amendment) Order 1988
S.I. 1988/1482
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1989
S.I. 1989/508
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1989
S.I. 1989/887
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1989
S.I. 1989/1851
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1990
S.I. 1990/216
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1990
S.I. 1990/896
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1990
S.I. 1990/897
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1990
S.I. 1990/973
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 5) Order 1990
S.I. 1990/1106
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 6) Order 1990
S.I. 1990/2117
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1991
S.I. 1991/207
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1991
S.I. 1991/650
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1991
S.I. 1991/1922
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1991
S.I. 1991/2669
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1992
S.I. 1992/79
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1992
S.I. 1992/1429
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1992
S.I. 1992/2314
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1992
S.I. 1992/2852
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1993
S.I. 1993/1406
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1993
S.I. 1993/1664
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1993
S.I. 1993/1893
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1993
S.I. 1993/2479
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1994
S.I. 1994/372
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1994
S.I. 1994/1836
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1995
S.I. 1995/494
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1995
S.I. 1995/1956
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 5) Order 1995
S.I. 1995/2363
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 6) Order 1995
S.I. 1995/2795
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/97
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/850
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/1194
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/1492
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 5) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/1862
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 6) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/2304
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 7) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/2859
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 8) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/3139
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 Schedule 1 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)).
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 (S.I. 1987/1331)).
The order revokes the orders listed in Schedule 2 which had previously established safety zones around all the installations specified in Schedule 1, except the new ones now established around Curlew B-Wellhead, Curlew D-Wellhead and Gannet F-Manifold, and had established twenty-four other safety zones, no longer required, around other installations.