The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 2528

OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2001

Made

11th July 2001

Coming into force

1st August 2001

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 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) (No. 2) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st August 2001.

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.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Alan Whitehead

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

11th July 2001

Article 2

SCHEDULE Safety Zones

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name or other designation of the offshore installation	Latitude North	Longitude
South Everest Subsea Installation	57°41'22.511"	01°45'27.727"E
Pipe Line End Manifold, Magnus EOR Development	60°16'56.2"	03°48'21.1"W
Clair Tee, Magnus EOR Development	60°36'45"	02°27'19.1"W
Nevis Facility Lewis 1 Well	59°31'18.13"	01°25'25.25"E
Hamilton East Wellhead	53°36'03"	03°25'05.92"W
North Leadon Cluster “A”	59°34'51.45"	01°39'19.33"E
FPSO at Mid-Line Structure	59°33'43.05"	01°39'29.53"E
South Leadon Cluster “B”	59°32'33.76"	01°39'29.6"E
Angus Well	56°09'22.9"	03°03'32.24"E
East Telford Well	58°12'31.32"	0°18'32.298"E

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).

(1)

1987 c. 12.