1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2018.
(2) This Order comes into force on 13th July 2018 except for article 2(2) which comes into force as provided in article 2(3).
2.—(1) A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of Part 1 of the Schedule (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (2) 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(1) specified in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of the Schedule.
(2) A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of Part 2 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 Part 2 of the Schedule.
(3) Paragraph (2) comes into force, as respects each installation—
(a)on 13th July, where the installation arrives at its station before that date; and
(b)when the installation arrives at its station in any other case.
3. In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2016(2) omit Part 1 of the Schedule.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Sarah Newton
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
2nd July 2018