Statutory Instruments
1998 No. 1224

OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1998

Made
11th May 1998

Coming into force

The whole order except in article 2 the words ‘and Part II” and Part II of the Schedule
1st June 1998

In article 2 the words “and Part II” and Part II of the Schedule
1st August 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1), (2) and (3) of the Petroleum Act 1987(1) (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st June 1998 except in article 2 the words “and Part II” and Part II of the Schedule, which shall come into force on 1st August 1998.

2.  A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of Part 1 and Part II 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.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
11th May 1998

Article 2

SCHEDULESAFETY ZONES

(1)
(2)
(3)

Name or other designation of the offshore installation
Latitude North
Longitude East

PART I

Fulmar STL Buoy
56°28'38.2"
02°07'53.9"

Renee Field
58°03'03"
00°21'05"

Rubie Field
58°04'36"
00°26'31"

PART II

Banff–Manifold 29/2a
56°59'24.39"
01°18'56.22"

Offloading Tanker Point–22/27a
57°00'30.49"
01°19'01.27"

Bruce Field Western Area Subsea Facilities
59°44'01.19"
01°34'20.99"

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)).
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 (S.I. 1987/1331)).

(1)
1987 c. 12.