The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 2743

OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2003

Made

18th October 2003

Coming into force

10th November 2003

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 2003 and shall come into force on 10th November 2003.

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.

Amendments to orders

3.—(1) In Schedule 1 to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997(2)—

(a) in the entry relating to Balmoral Well 16/21A-7z, for “01° 08− 17.94' E” in column 3 there shall be substituted “01° 06− 17.94' E”;

(b) in the entry relating to Saltire Wellhead Protection Unit—

(i) for “50° 25− 31.03'” in column 2 there shall be substituted “58° 25− 31.04'”; and

(ii) for “00° 22− 5.1' E” in column 3 there shall be substituted “00° 22− 5.34' E”; and

(c) the following entries are deleted—

(i) Durward 1 Wellheads;

(ii) Durward 2 Wellheads; and

(iii) Dauntless Wellheads.

(2) In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1997(3), for “Osprey/Dunlin – Development Well” in column 1 there shall be substituted “Osprey/Dunlin – Development Well 211/23a-13”.

(3) In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1999(4), for “Buckland Development Field Block Well 9/18a-4” in column 1 there shall be substituted “Buckland Development Field Block Well 9/18a-28”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Des Browne

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

18th October 2003

Article 2

SCHEDULE SAFETY ZONES

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name or other designation of the offshore installation	Latitude North	Longitude East
Well 2/05-18, Block 2/05, Broom Field	60° 55.60−	00° 49.38−
Well 2/05-19Y, Block 2/05, Broom Field	60° 55.60−	00° 49.40−
Well 2/05-20, Block 2/05, Broom Field	60° 55.58−	00° 49.41−
DC5 Manifold, Block 21/24, Clapham Field	57° 13.795−	00° 38.293−
Prod Well 21/24-7Y (CC), Block 21/24, Clapham Field	57° 13.857−	00° 38.214−
Prod Well 21/24-C1Z, Block 21/24, Clapham Field	57° 13.836−	00° 38.185−
WI Well 21/24-C2, Block 21/24, Clapham Field	57° 13.875−	00° 38.173−
WI Well 21/24-C4, Block 21/24, Clapham Field	57° 13.854−	00° 38.144−
Gawain SE Development, Block 49/29a, Gawain Field	53° 08.01−	02° 47.09−

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 removes three installations from Schedule 1 to Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997/735 so as to remove their safety zones and amends the designation or co-ordinates of installations specified in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997/735, the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1997/1220 and the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1999/2206 (article 3).

(1)

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

(2)

S.I. 1997/735, to which there are amendments not relevant to this order.

(3)

S.I. 1997/1220.

(4)

S.I. 1999/2206, to which there are amendments not relevant to this order.