Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 2669
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2005
Made
24th September 2005
Coming into force
15th October 2005
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 22(1) and (2) of the Petroleum Act 1987(1) (“the Act”), 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 2005 and shall come into force on 15th October 2005.
Establishment of safety zones
2. 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 Schedule 1.
Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2005
3. Schedule 2 shall have effect.
Philip A Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
24th September 2005
Article 2
SCHEDULE 1SAFETY ZONES
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Name or other designation of the offshore installation | Latitude North | Longitude |
| Atlantic Well, Block 14/26a, Atlantic Field | 58° 00.86' | 00° 53.60' W |
| Cromarty Well, Block 13/30a, Cromarty Field | 58° 03.24' | 01° 04.38' W |
| Farragon, Block 16/28, Farragon Field | 58° 09.33' | 01° 30.56' E |
| Forvie North Production Manifold, Block 3/15, Forvie North Field | 60° 31.41' | 01° 52.13 ' E |
| Forvie North Xmas Tree, Block 3/15, Forvie North Field | 60° 30.74' | 01° 50.12' E |
| Hunter Well, Block 44/23a, Hunter Field | 54° 18.51' | 02° 25.30' E |
| South Tweedsmuir Injection Well, Block 21/1a, South Tweedsmuir Field | 57° 57.68' | 00° 07.70' E |
| Tweedsmuir Manifold, Block 21/1a, Tweedsmuir Field | 57° 59.77' | 00° 11.71' E |
| Tweedsmuir South Manifold, Block 21/1a, South Tweedsmuir Field | 57° 57.07' | 00° 11.72' E |
Article 3
SCHEDULE 2
1.—(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2005(2) shall be amended as follows—
(2) In the Schedule for the last two lines of the table substitute—
| “Xmas Tree for Well 3/29a-5, Block 3/29a, Rhum Field | 60º 09.09' | 01º 44.82' E |
| Xmas Tree for Well 3/29a-SF1, Block 3/29a, Rhum Field | 60º 06.94' | 01º 43.38' 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 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 Action 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 (S.I. 1987/1331)).
This Order also amends the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1656) (article 3).
1987 c. 12; section 24(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1993/1823.
S.I. 2005/1656.