EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of this Order establishes, under section 22
of the Petroleum Act 1987, safety zones having a radius of
500 metres from the specified point around the 38
installations (which are subsea installations) specified in
the Schedule to this Order stationed, or to be 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)).
An automatic safety zone is currently established
around the installations set out in the table below. It is
intended that these installations will be dismantled by the
end of 2018. In accordance with section 21(3) of the
Petroleum Act 1987, an automatic safety zone will cease to
apply to an installation which does not project above the
sea at any state of the tide or to which an order made
under section 22 of that Act applies. In order to maintain
a safety zone around the installations in the table below
as they are dismantled and when they do not project above
the sea level at any state of the tide, the automatic
safety zones will be replaced and replicated by the safety
zones made by this order.
Name of Installation
Europa (EZ)
Ganymede (ZD)
LOGGS Complex PA LOGGS Complex PC LOGGS Complex PP LOGGS
Complex PR LOGGS North Valiant PD Mimas (MN)
North Valiant (SP)
Saturn (ND)
South Valiant (TD)
Tethys (TN) Vampire/Valkyrie (OD) Vanguard (QD)
Victor JD
Viking AR
Viking Bravo Complex BA Viking Bravo Complex BC Viking
Bravo Complex BD Viking Bravo Complex BP Viking CD
Viking DD
Viking ED
Viking GD
Viking HD
Viking KD
Viking LD
Viscount (VO)
Vulcan (RD)
Vulcan (UR)
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 Petroleum Act 1987 (currently regulation 21H of the
Offshore Installations and Pipeline
Works (Management and Administration)
Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/738), inserted by paragraph 14
of Schedule 13 to S.I. 2015/398).
