S.L. 156.2 Art. 13Establishment of safety zone.

The Licensing Authority shall ensure that a safety zone is a established around an installation and that vessels are prohibited from entering or remaining in that safety zone:

Provided that such prohibition shall not apply to a vessel entering or remaining in the safety zone:

(a) in connection with the laying, inspection, testing, repair, maintenance, alteration, renewal or removal of any submarine cable or pipeline in or near that safety zone;

(b) to provide services for or to transport persons or goods to or from any installation in that safety zone;

(c) to inspect any installation or connected infrastructure in that safety zone under the authority of the Government of Malta;

(d) in connection with saving or attempting to save life or property;

(e) owing to stress of weather;

(f) when in distress; or

(g) if there is consent from the operator, owner or the Government of Malta in which the safety zone is located.