Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 2467

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2)Order 2002

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2002 No. 2467

OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2)Order 2002

	Made	24th September 2002
	Coming into force	21st October 2002

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, and for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 24(2A) of the Act, hereby makes the following order:

Citation and commencement
    1.This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 21st October 2002.

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.

Removal of safety zone
    3.In Schedule 1 to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997[2], the entry relating to Moira Wellhead is deleted.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Nick Brown
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

24th September 2002

SCHEDULEArticle 2

SAFETY ZONES

(1)	(2)	(3)
Name or other designation of the offshore installation	Latitude North	Longitude
Caledonia Wellhead, Block 16/26, Caledonia Field	58° 6.17'	01° 8.67' E
Madoes Production Manifold, Block 22/23b, ETAP Field	57° 10.13'	01° 26.02' E
Mirren East Production Well, Block 22/25b, ETAP Field	57° 18.5'	00° 54.66' E
Mirren West Production Well, Block 22/25b, ETAP Field	57° 18.06'	01° 52.04' E
Galley G6 Well and Tree, Block 15/23a, Galley Field	58° 15.75'	00° 31.06' E
DC3 Manifold, Block 21/24, Guillemot West-Western Extension Project	57° 10.18'	00° 41.15' E
Well 21/24 T1Z, Block 21/24, Guillemot West-Western Extension Project	57° 10.16'	00° 41.14' E
Well 21/24 T2Y, Block 21/24, Guillemot West-Western Extension Project	57° 10.21'	00° 41.14' E
Maclure Subsea Tree, Block 9/19, Maclure Field	59° 22.101'	01° 36.386' E
Drill Centre 2 (DC2), Block 211/13a, Penguins Field	61° 37.783'	01° 29.779' E
Drill Centre 3 (DC3), Block 211/13a, Penguins Field	61° 36.479'	01° 32.888' E
Drill Centre 4 (DC4), Block 211/13a, Penguins Field	61° 33.889'	01° 36.411' E
Drill Centre 5 (DC5), Block 211/13a, Penguins Field	61° 31.825'	01° 39.631' E
Scoter Drill Centre, Block 22/30a, Scoter Field	57° 08.085'	01° 59.388' E
Claw Drill Centre, Block 204/20, Shiehallion Field	60° 21.108'	04° 10.863' W
Tullich North, Block 9/23a, Tullich Field	59° 19.040'	01° 33.284' E
Tullich South, Block 9/23a, Tullich Field	59° 18.528'	01° 34.531' E
Wells WH1 and WH2, Block 42/28b, Whittle Field	54° 06.618'	00° 32.578' E
Wollaston Well, Block 42/28a, Wollaston Field	54° 06.865'	00° 27.686' E

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)) (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).

This order removes the safety zone around Moira Wellhead by deleting the entry relating to it in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997/735 (article 3).

Notes:

[1] 1987 c. 12; section 24(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1993/1823.back

[2] S.I. 1997/735, to which there are amendments not relevant to this order.back

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