2012 No. 1574

Offshore Installations

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.3) Order 2012

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes this Order —

  1. a

    in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(1) and (2) of the Petroleum Act 19871 (“the Act”); and

  2. b

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

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.3) Order 2012 and comes into force on 13th July 2012.

Establishment of safety zone2

A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule (being an installation 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 19842 specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.

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

Chris GraylingMinister of StateDepartment for Work and Pensions

SCHEDULESAFETY ZONE

Article 2

(1)

Name or other designation of the offshore installation

(2)

Latitude

(3)

Longitude

Fram Drill Centre East

Block 29/3c, Fram Field

56°50.86’ North

01°35.71’ East

Galia Production Drill Centre

Block 30/24b, Galia Field

56°11.15’ North

02°41.33’ East

Alma Production Manifold

Block 30/24c, Alma Field

56°11.90’ North

02°45.76’ East

Pierce C1 Well, Block 23/22a, Pierce Field

57°10.99’ North

02°12.90’ East

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)).

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)).