The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 16) Order 1987
1.
This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 16) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 14th February 1987.
2.
(1)
(2)
The prohibition under section 21(3) of the Act on vessel entering or remaining in a safety zone without the consent of the Secretary of State shall not apply to a vessel entering or remaining in the safety zone established under paragraph (1) above—
(a)
in connection with the laying, inspection, testing, repair, alteration, renewal or removal of any submarine cable or pipe-line in or near that safety zone;
(b)
to provide services for, to transport persons or goods to or from, or under the authority of a government department to inspect, any installation in that safety zone;
(c)
if it is a vessel belonging to a general lighthouse authority performing duties relating to the safety of navigation;
(d)
in connection with the saving or attempted saving of life or property;
(e)
owing to stress of weather; or
(f)
when in distress.
SCHEDULESafety Zone
1 | 2 | 3 |
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Name or other designation of the offshore installation | Latitude North | Longitude East |
Audrey Template | 53° 32' 25.86" | 02° 00' 57.01" |
This Order establishes, under section 21 of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982, a safety zone, having a radius of 500 metres from a specified point, around the installation specified in the Schedule to this Order and maintained in waters to which the section 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 the safety zone except with the consent of the Secretary of State or in the circumstances mentioned in Article 2(2) of the Order.