Merchant Shipping (Safety Zones) Order, 1988

MAY, 1988

No. S It

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT

(CAP. 145)

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING {SAFETY ZONES) ORDER, 1988

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety Zones)

Order, 1988 and shall come into operatio~ on the 1st day of March 1988.

The areas defined in the Schedule to this Order are hereby declared to be Safety Zones for the purposes of Article 60 (4) of the United Na-tions Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982.

It is further declared that Safety Zones are hereby established around all other oilfield installations and structures extending to a dis-tance of 500 metres measured from each point on the edge of the in-stallations and structures situated within the area of the territorial waters and continental shelf of Brunei Darussalam, that do not lie wi-thin the areas defined in the Schedule to this Order.

Citation.

Safety Zones.

Safety Zones around

Oilfield

Installations and

Structures.

Exemption.

so defined is prohibited except in the following circumstances :-

il to save life or property ;

ii) on account of stress of weather or iii) when in distress.

Penalty.

contravention of the provisions of this Order shall on conviction be li@ble to a fine not exceeding $100,000 and the vessel shall be liable to be detained in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 29 of the Ports Act (Cap. 144).

Safety Zone No. 1 - Champion Shoal Oilfield

The area contained within the following geographical limits :-

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

THE SCHEDULE (Continued)

a) from a position in latitude 05° 16.00' North, longitude 114° 43.20'

East, thence to :-

b) a position in latitude 05° 16.00 North, longitude 114° 46.60' East, thence to:-

cJ a position in latitude 05° 10.00' North, longitude 114° 46.60' East, thence to:-

d) a position in latitude 05° 09.50' North, longitude 114° 45.20' East, thence to:-

e) a position in latitude 05° 10.60' North, longitude 114° 43.20' East,

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thence to position 1 (a) above.

Magpie Oilfield

The area contained within the following geographical limits:-

a) from a position in latitude 05° 07.60' North, longitude 114° 26.40'

East, thence to :-

b) a position in latitude 05° 06.00' North, longitude 114° 28.60' East, thence to:-

c) a position in latitude 05° 04.30' North, longitude 114° 27.35' East, thence to:--

d) a position in latitude 05° 05.95' North, longitude 114° 25.10' East, thence to position 2 (a) above.

Fairley Oilfield

The area contained within the following geographical limits:-

a) from a position in latitude 04° 59.00' North, longitude 114° 07.55'

East, thence to:-

b) a position in latitude 04° 55.40' North, longitude 1140 09.60' East, thence to :':._

c) a position in latitude 04° 55.00' North, longitude 114° 08.10' East, thence to

d) a position in latitude 04° 56.60' North, longitude 114° 07.20' East, t4ence to:-

e) a position in latitude 04° 55.70' North, longitude 1140 04.10' East, thence to:-

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THE SCHEDULE (Continued}

f) a position in latitude 04° 57.60' North, longitude 114° 03.00' East, thence to position 3 Ia) above.

The area contained within the following geographical limits :-

a) from position in latitude 040 48.50' North, longitude 114° 10.20'

East, thence to :-

b) a position in latitude 04° 45.60' North, longitude 114° 13.60' East, thence to:-

c) a position in latitude 04° 41.40' North, longitude 114° 09.80' East, thence to:-

d) a position in latitude 04° 40.90' North, longitude 114° 10.40' East, thence to:-

e) a position in latitude 04° 37.80' North, longitude 114° 07.60' East, thence to:-

f) a position in latitude 04° 40.00' North, longitude 114° 05.00' East, thence to:-

g) a position in latitude 04° 43.20' North, longitude 114° 07.90' East, thence to:-

h) a position in latitude 04° 44.40' North, longitude 114° 06.5C)' East, thence to position 4 Ia) above.

The area of the continental shelf of Brunei Darussalam which lies within the following geographical limits:-

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a) from a position in latitude 04° 49.70' North, longitude 113° 58.20'

East, thence to :-

b) a position in latitude 04° 48.10' North, longitude 113° 59.50' East, thence to:-

c) a position in latitude 04° 47.00' North, longitude 113° 58.95' East, thence to:-

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

THE SCHEDULE (Continued)

d) a position in latitude 04° 48.60' North, longitude 113° 56.75' East, thence to position 5 (al above.

Made this 1st day of March, 1988.

BY COMMAND

PEHIN ORANG KAY A LAlLA WIJA Y A

DATO SERI SETIA AWANG HAJI ABDUL AZIZ UMAR

Minister of Communications,

Brunei Darussalam.