Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1522
Offshore Installations
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2008
Made
10th June 2008
Coming into force
1st July 2008
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 Executive 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) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st July 2008.
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 the Schedule.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
William D McKenzie
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
10th June 2008
Article 2
SCHEDULE SAFETY ZONES
|
(1) Name or other designation of the offshore installation |
(2) Latitude North |
(3) Longitude |
|---|---|---|
| Durango Field Wellhead, Block 48/21a, Durango Field | 53° 17.469’ | 01° 06.625’ E |
| SS42 Wellhead (9/13a-42), Block 9/13a, Beryl Field | 59° 34.50’ | 01° 32.64’ E |
1987 c.12 ; section 24(2A) was inserted by S.I. 1993/1823 and is amended by S.I. 2008/960 .