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| Made | 4th May 2001 | ||
| Coming into force | 25th May 2001 |
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, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 25th May 2001.
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.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
4th May 2001
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Name or other designation of the offshore installation | Latitude North | Longitude |
| Wellheads and Swift Manifold, Block 12-5, Magnus Field | 61°36'21.08" | 01°17'41.44"E |
| Wellheads and Swift Manifold, Block 12a-17, Magnus Field | 61°39'33.86" | 01°21'57.96"E |
| Wellheads and Swift Manifold, Block 12a-11z, Magnus Field | 61°35'13.15" | 01°18'35.79"E |
| Wellheads and Swift Manifold, Block 11/7a-3A, Magnus Field | 61°40'05.54" | 01°22'10.7"E |
| Wellheads and Swift Manifold, Block 12a-12A, Magnus Field | 61°34'34.41" | 01°17'12.4°E |
| Wellheads and Swift Manifold, Block 12a-13, Magnus Field | 61°35'15.18" | 01°16'44.56"E |
| Wellheads and Swift Manifold, Block 12a-21, Magnus Field | 61°39'07.56" | 01°20'30.61"E |
| Wellheads and Swift Manifold, Block 211/12a, Magnus Field | 61°37'51.64" | 01°16'51.3"E |
| Kyle Well 29/2c-13, Block 29/2c, Kyle Field | 56°54'53.26" | 01°13'24.67"E |
| Beauly Well 16/21c-32, Block 16/21c, Beauly Field | 58°11'01.753" | 01°07'45.796"E |
| Nuggets NGA Wellhead, Block 3/19a, Nuggets Field | 60°27'59.16" | 01°45'35.81"E |
| Nuggets NGB Wellhead, Block 3/20a, Nuggets Field | 60°28'12.16" | 01°49'14.81"E |
| Nuggets NGC Wellhead, Block 3/19b, Nuggets Field | 60°20'35.74" | 01°36'57.29"E |
| Nuggets NGD Wellhead, Block 3/19a, Nuggets Field | 60°20'26.45" | 01°41'44.65"E |
| North Water Injection, Block 13/24a, Blake Field | 58°11'50.9" | 01°23'15.3"W |
| Manifold, Block 13/24a, Blake Field | 58°10'30.4" | 01°22'39.6"W |
| South Water Injection, Block 13/29b, Blake Field | 58°09'19.15" | 01°19'56.16"W |
| Subsea Development, Block 9/19, Skene Field | 59°25'57.747" | 01°40'52.691"E |
(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).
Notes:
[1] 1987 c. 12.back
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