This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No 5) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 15th August 2007.
Specified date: 15 August 2007: see above.
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No 4) Order 2007 is revoked.
Specified date: 15 August 2007: see art 1.
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 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.
Specified date: 15 August 2007: see art 1.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Bill McKenzie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
25th July 2007
| (1) | (2) | (3) | ||
| Name or other designation of the offshore installation | Latitude North | Longitude | ||
| Duart North, Block 14/20b, Duart North Field | 58° 21.88' | 00° 3.57'W | ||
| Tristan North West Subsea Production Well (49/29b-J), Block 49/29b, Tristan North West Field | 53° 2.439' | 02° 40.965'E | ||
Specified date: 15 August 2007: see art 1.
This Order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones having a radius of 500 metres from the point around each installation specified in the Schedule and stationed in waters to which section 21(7) of the 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 (SI 1987/1331)).
