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The Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm Order 2004

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Temporary exclusion zones during the construction, maintenance or removal of works

18.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) there shall be a temporary exclusion zone extending to any waters within 500 metres of any part of an authorised work during the construction, maintenance or removal of that work or any part of that work.

(2) Any person who without reasonable excuse navigates a vessel within an exclusion zone shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) An exclusion zone shall not come into effect until—

(a)7 days after the publication of a notice to mariners specifying the location and extent of the exclusion zone, the date of its commencement and its intended duration; and

(b)the undertaker has taken such other steps as the Secretary of State may require to notify shipping of the proposed exclusion zone.

(4) The exclusion zone shall terminate on the completion of the construction, replacement, removal or decommissioning (as the case may be) of the authorised work to which it relates.

(5) As soon as reasonably practicable following the termination of an exclusion zone the undertaker shall—

(a)publish notice of the termination by means of a notice to mariners; and

(b)take such other steps as the Secretary of State may require to notify shipping of the termination of the exclusion zone.

(6) This article shall not apply to a person navigating a vessel for the purpose of, or in connection with, the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised works.

(7) In this article “exclusion zone” means a zone referred to in paragraph (1).

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