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The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2025

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

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Contents: 8 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation and commencement
  3. 2 Establishment of safety zones
  4. 3 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2007
  5. 4 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2007
  6. 5 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2008
  7. 6 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2022
  8. Schedule INSTALLATIONS

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8 provisions

Title and introductory text

2025 No. 1291 OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2025 Made 8th December 2025 Coming into force 29th December 2025 The Secretary of State makes this Order— in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987; and for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted by the Health and Safety Executive under section 24(2A) of that Act.

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1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2025. (2) This Order comes into force 21 days after the day on which it is made.

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2 Establishment of safety zones

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.

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3 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2007

(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2007 is amended as follows. (2) In the Schedule, omit the entry relating to “Chestnut Field Well 22/2A-12, Block 22/2A, Chestnut Field”.

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4 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2007

(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2007 is amended as follows. (2) In the Schedule, omit the entry relating to “Well 22-11x, Block 22/2A, Chestnut Field”.

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5 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2008

(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2008 is amended as follows. (2) In the Schedule, omit the entry relating to “Chestnut Field Well 22/2A-15, Block 22/2A, Chestnut Field”.

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6 Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2022

(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 2022, is amended as follows. (2) In the Schedule (installations), in Part 1, omit the entry relating to “Kingfisher BP1.1 Wellhead, Kingfisher, Block 16/8a”.

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Schedule INSTALLATIONS

Article 2 (1) Name or other designation | (2) Latitude | (3) Longitude Abbey Wellhead Protection Structure, Abbey Field, Block 47/03i | 53° 56.08’N | 00° 31.35’E Galahad Installation, Galahad Field, Block 48/12a | 53° 32.75’N | 01° 21.54’E

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