
2022 No. 1197
Offshore Installations
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2022
Made 15th November 2022
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes this Order—
(a) in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987 (“the Act”); and
(b) for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted by the Health and Safety Executive under section 24(2A) of the Act
Citation and commencement
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(1) This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2022.
(2) This Order comes into force 21 days after the day on which it is made (“the general coming into force date”), except for article 2(2) which comes into force as provided in article 2(3).
Establishment of safety zones
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(1) A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres, as respects that installation, from the point which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984 specified in columns 2 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule.
(2) A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of the table in Part 2 of the Schedule (being an installation to be stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres, as respects that installation, from the point which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984 specified in columns 2 and 3 of the table in Part 2 of the Schedule.
(3) Paragraph (2) comes into force, as respects the installation—
(a) on the general coming into force date, where the installation arrives at its station before that date; and
(b) when the installation arrives at its station, in any other case.
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Work and Pensions
15th November 2022
SCHEDULE
INSTALLATIONS
Article 2
PART 1 Installations stationed at the time this Order is made

(1) Name or other designation (2) Latitude (3) Longitude
Ensign, Ensign, Block 48/14a 53o 35.430’N 01o 46.399’E
BL-WL PLEM, Brent, Block 211/29 61o 02.05’N 01o 41.97’E
Kingfisher SSIV, Kingfisher, Block 16/7a 58o 47.36’N 01o 21.01’E
PART 2 Installations not stationed at the time this Order is made

(1) Name or other designation (2) Latitude (3) Longitude
Captain Area D Drill Centre, Captain, Block 13/22a 58o 19.798’N 01o 42.743’W
Captain Area E Drill Centre, Captain, Block 13/22a 58o 18.438’N 01o 41.525’W