The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1406

Offshore Installations

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2015

Made

23rd June 2015

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Secretary of State makes this Order—

(a)

in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987(1); and

(b)

for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Executive under section 24(2A)(2) of that Act.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2015.

(2) This Order comes into force on 14th July 2015 except for article 2(1) which comes into force as provided in article 2(2).

Establishment of safety zones

2.—(1) A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule (being an installation to be stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Petroleum Act 1987 applies) having a radius of five hundred metres, as respects that installation, from the point which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984 specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.

(2) Paragraph (1) comes into force, as respects each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule—

(a) on 14th July 2015, where the installation arrives at its station before that date; and

(b) when the installation arrives at its station, in any other case.

Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2015

3.  In the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2015(3), in the Schedule, in the entry relating to Cladhan Field Development Project, for “61°08.89′ North” substitute “61°08.86′ North” and for “00°47.27′ East” substitute “00°47.17′ East”.

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

Justin Tomlinson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

23rd June 2015

Article 2

SCHEDULE INSTALLATIONS

(1) Name or other designation of the offshore installation	(2) Latitude	(3) Longitude
Alder Subsea Tie-back, Block 15/29a, Alder Field	58°06′04.977″ North	00°41′35.670″ East
Edradour Manifold, Block 206/4a, Edradour Field	60°56.04′ North	02°14.01′ West
Glenlivet Manifold, Block 214/30a, Glenlivet Field	61°04.60′ North	02°05.42′ West
Mariner Floating Storage Unit Subsea Installation, Block 9/11a, Mariner Field	59°36.50′ North	01°04.58′ East

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones having a radius of 500 metres from the specified point around the four installations (which are subsea installations) specified in the Schedule to this Order to be 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 Petroleum Act 1987 (currently the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1331)).

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) (http://www.ukho.gov.uk/Pages/Home.aspx) publishes nautical charts covering the area in which installations are located, which include information on the existence and, where the scale allows, the location of safety zones. Mariners are advised to keep paper charts up-to-date using appropriate Notices to Mariners or, where electronic charts are used, to subscribe to an appropriate updating service. Vessels meeting the requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 will carry nautical charts and nautical publications (such as Notices to Mariners) to plan and display the ship’s route for the intended voyage and to plot and monitor positions throughout the voyage. This may be compulsory for some vessels, for example under the Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1473). The UKHO also broadcasts Radio Navigational Warnings in relation to safety zones where updates to charts have yet to take effect and where installations are in transit.

Maritime safety information, which includes information on safety zones, is issued via the appropriate International Maritime Organisation, Global Maritime Distress and Safety System broadcast systems as defined by the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service.

It is estimated that the installations, which are not on station at the time of making this Order, will arrive at their stations at the approximate time set opposite their name in the table below:

Name of installation	Estimated arrival at station
Alder Subsea Tie-back, Alder Field	September 2015
Edradour Manifold, Edradour Field	30th June 2015
Glenlivet Manifold, Glenlivet Field	August 2015
Mariner Floating Storage Unit Subsea Installation, Mariner Field	July 2015

Article 3 of this Order amends the co-ordinates for Cladhan Field Development Project in the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2015.

(1)

1987 c. 12.

(2)

Section 24(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1993/1823 and amended by S.I. 2008/960.

(3)

S.I. 2015/407.