Safety Zone Notice (Sea Installation – CETO 6) 2016
Sea Installations Act 1987
I, GREG HUNT, Minister for the Environment, make this notice under subsection 57(1) of the Sea Installations Act 1987.
Dated 04 May 2016
Greg Hunt
Minister for the Environment
1 Name of Notice
This is the Safety Zone Notice (Sea Installation – CETO 6) 2016.
2 Authority
This notice is made under subsection 57(1) of the Sea Installations Act 1987.
3 Commencement
(1) Sections 1 to 4 and Schedule 1 commence at the start of the day after the day the instrument is registered.
(2) Subsection 5(1) commences on a day fixed by the Minister, or an SES employee in the Department of the Environment, by notifiable instrument.
(3) Subsection 5(2) commences on a day fixed by the Minister, or an SES employee in the Department of the Environment, by notifiable instrument and remains in effect for a period of 5 weeks beginning on that day.
4 Definitions
CETO 6 Site means the site represented by the area within points L to O on the plan in Schedule 1 together with the area extending to a distance of 25 metres either side of the line joining points P to K (the export cable).
exempt vessels means:
(a) vessels owned or operated by the licensee or its nominees or agents, or
(b) vessels owned or operated by the Commonwealth or its nominees or agents.
Note: The licence limits the circumstances in which the Commonwealth or its nominees or agents may access the safety zones prescribed in this notice.
export cable means the export cable to be attached to the CETO 6 wave energy devices and extending to the State coastal water boundary.
licence means the licence granted by the Commonwealth for the construction and operation of a wave energy plant at the CETO 6 (Garden Island) Site.
licensee means the holder of the licence.
Sea Installation means the array of CETO 6 wave energy devices, including the buoyant actuators, tethers, foundations, junction boxes and umbilical cables, and the export cable.
Safety Zone (Export Cable) means the zone extending to a distance of 250 metres either side of the line joining points E to K (the export cable) represented in the plan in Schedule 1 and associated table.
Safety Zone (Wave Energy Plant) means the zone represented by the area within points A to D in the plan in Schedule 1 and associated table.
5 Safety Zones
(1) For the purposes of protecting the Sea Installation, all vessels, other than exempt vessels, are prohibited from entering or remaining in the Safety Zone (Wave Energy Plant).
(2) For the purposes of protecting the Sea Installation, all vessels, other than exempt vessels, are prohibited from entering or remaining in the Safety Zone (Export Cable).
Note: Vessels may enter or remain in a specified safety zone with the consent in writing of the Minister: see section 57(1) of the Sea Installations Act 1987.