HL Deb 27 June 1973 vol 343 c2056WA
LORD KENNET

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What area of the North Sea is now covered by one-kilometre safety zones surrounding man-made structures on the seabed.

LORD DRUMALBYN

Schedule 2 to The Continental Shelf (Protection of Installations) (No. 6) Order 1973 (Statutory Instrument 1973 No. 284) lists 23 safety zones in the North Sea which have been designated under Section 2(1) and (3) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964. Each zone has a radius of 500 metres, making a total area of about 18 square kilometres.