The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2012 No. 941

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2012 No. 941

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 941

Offshore Installations

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2012

Made

20th March 2012

Coming into force

1st May 2012

The Secretary of State makes this Order -

(a)

in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(1) and (2) of the Petroleum Act 1987(1) ("the Act"); and

(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 commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st May 2012.

Establishment of safety zone

2. 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 1984(2) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.

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

C. Grayling

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

20th March 2012

Article 2

SCHEDULESAFETY ZONE

(1)

Name or other designation of the offshore installation

(2)

Latitude

(3)

Longitude

Water Injection Well IB1

Block 20/02a, Blackbird Field

57°50.86' North00°38.67' West

East Rochelle Drill Centre

Block 15/27, Rochelle Field

58°01.34' North00°13.30' East

West Rochelle Drill Centre

Blocks 15/26b and c, Rochelle Field

58°02.86' North00°06.46' East
DPPA Rhyl Development Wellhead, Block 113/27b, Rhyl Field54°04.45' North03°40.48' West

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)).

(1)

1987 c.12; section 24(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1993/1823 and is amended by S.I. 2008/960.

(2)

The World Geodetic System 1984 ("WGS 84") defines a reference frame for the earth, for use in geodesy and navigation. It was developed by the United States' National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and is maintained by it. WGS 84 is defined at paragraph 2.1 of the United States' National Imagery and Mapping Agency Technical Report TR8350.2, third edition, amendment 1 of 3rd January 2000 entitled "Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984" (http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/wgs84fin.pdf).