The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 2669

OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1991

Made

25th November

Coming into force

1st January 1992

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:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st January 1992.

2.  A safety zone is hereby established around each of the installations specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being installations 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.

Signed by order of the Secretary of State.

Eric Forth

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Employment

25th November 1991

Article 2

SCHEDULE SAFETY ZONES

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name or other designation of the offshore installation	Latitude North	Longitude East
Staffa Field Sub-sea wells	60° 44' 50"	01° 34' 48"
Toni Production Sub-sea Structure	58° 26' 00.14"	01° 17' 10.68"
Toni Water Injection Sub-sea Structure	58° 25' 56.56"	01° 17' 19.11"
Gannet C1 Drilling Centre	57° 10' 12.0"	00° 56' 48.2"
Gannet C2 Drilling Centre	57° 09' 37.3"	00° 58' 31.4"
Gannet C3 Drilling Centre	57° 09' 12.8"	00° 55' 32.3"
Gannet C4 Drilling Centre	57° 08' 21.8"	00° 57' 18.1"
East Brae Template	58° 52' 34.26"	01° 31' 37.18"
Strathspey Manifold Structure	60° 55' 38.57"	01° 42' 24.73"
Strathspey Satellite Wells	60° 56' 32.18"	01° 41' 29.67"
Alba Northern Pre-drilling Template	58° 03' 31.29"	01° 04' 52.59"
Nelson Oil Field Template	57° 39' 46.353"	01° 08' 44.029"

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 a specifies point, around the installations 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)).

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 Secretary of State 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)).

(1)

1987 c. 12.