
2023 No. 838
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2023
Made 18th July 2023
Coming into force 8th August 2023
The Secretary of State makes this Order—
(a) in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987; and
(b) for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted by the Health and Safety Executive under section 24(2A) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
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(1) This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2023.
(2) This Order comes into force 21 days after the day on which it is made.
Establishment of safety zones
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A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of the table in 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, 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 the Schedule.
Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997
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(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 (safety zones), omit the entry relating to “Orwell Subsea Structure”.
Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2013
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(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2013 is amended as follows.
(2) In the Schedule (installations), in Part 1, omit the entry relating to “Curlew CUC-P1 Drill Site”.
Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2016
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(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2016 is amended as follows.
(2) In the Schedule (installations), in Part 1, omit the entry relating to “Curlew Development, Block 29/7a, Curlew Field”.
Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2017
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(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2017 is amended as follows.
(2) In the Schedule (installations), in Part 1, omit the entry relating to “Horne and Wren, Block 53/3c, Horne and Wren Field”.
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
18th July 2023
Schedule
INSTALLATIONS
Article 2


(1) Name or other designation (2) Latitude (3) Longitude
. . . . . . . . .
Jackdaw Wellhead, Jackdaw, Block 30/02a, 30/02d and 30/03a 56° 54.02’N 02° 22.75’E
Vixen VM, Vixen, Block 49/17 53° 23.87’N 02° 13.97’E
MacCulloch Subsea Infrastructure, MacCulloch, Block 15/24b 58° 19.39’N 00° 43.45’E
Millom East PLEM, Millom East, Block 113/27a 54° 00.59’N -03° 46.35’E
Dalton Subsea PLEM, Dalton, Block 110/02b 53° 54.21’N -03° 43.37’E
Dalton R2 Subsea Well, Dalton, Block 110/02b 53° 53.73’N -03° 43.50’E
Balmoral Template, Balmoral, Block 16/21a 58° 13.73’N 01° 06.43’E
North Eigg, North Eigg, Block 3/24c 60° 11.38’N 01° 42.08’E
Former Banff FPSO Location, Banff, Block 22/27a 57° 00.03’N 01° 17.47’E