{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-capture-utilisation-and-storage-and-offshore-hydrogen-production-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/185",
  "legislation_title": "The Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage and Offshore Hydrogen Production (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-capture-utilisation-and-storage-and-offshore-hydrogen-production-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995",
  "text": "(1) The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “associated structure” insert—\n““carbon capture, utilisation and storage” means the capture, utilisation and storage of carbon dioxide, including its injection into geological formations beneath the seabed or onshore;”;\n(b) for the definition of “licensee” substitute—\n““licensee”—\n(a) in relation to carbon capture, utilisation and storage, means a person who holds a “licence” as defined in—\n(i) regulation 1(3) of the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010; or\n(ii) regulation 1(3) of the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011;\n(b) in relation to offshore hydrogen production, means the person in control of the offshore installation;\n(c) in relation to internal waters, with the exception of carbon capture, utilisation and storage and offshore hydrogen production, means any person to whom a licence to search and bore for and get petroleum in respect of any area within internal waters is granted pursuant to section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 or section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998; and\n(d) in relation to external waters, with the exception of carbon capture, utilisation and storage and offshore hydrogen production, means an “offshore licensee” as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing (Offshore Safety Directive) Regulations 2015;”;\n(c) after the definition of “non-production installation” insert—\n““offshore hydrogen production” means the production of hydrogen including any processes involved in its production;”;\n(d) for the definition of “operator” substitute—\n““operator”—\n(a) in relation to carbon capture, utilisation and storage, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;\n(b) in relation to offshore hydrogen production, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;\n(c) in relation to anything in internal waters other than carbon capture, utilisation and storage and offshore hydrogen production—\n(i) in relation to the dismantling of a fixed installation (within the meaning given in the 2005 Regulations), has the meaning given in regulation 11(4) of the 2005 Regulations; and\n(ii) otherwise, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2005 Regulations in relation to a production installation; and\n(d) in relation to anything in external waters other than carbon capture, utilisation and storage and offshore hydrogen production, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;”;\n(e) for the definition of “production installation” substitute—\n““production installation” in relation to—\n(a) carbon capture, utilisation and storage, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;\n(b) offshore hydrogen production, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;\n(c) internal waters, with the exception of carbon capture, utilisation and storage and offshore hydrogen production, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2005 Regulations; and\n(d) external waters, with the exception of carbon capture, utilisation and storage and offshore hydrogen production, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;”.\n(3) In regulation 3 (meaning of “offshore installation”)—\n(a) after paragraph (1)(a) insert—\n“(aa) for offshore hydrogen production;”;\n(b) after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(5) In this regulation “gas” means any substance which is gaseous at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa (1013.25 mb).”.\n(4) In regulation 21F (power of inspectors of offshore installations; duty to provide accommodation and subsistence to inspectors)—\n(a) in the heading, after “installations” insert “and offshore wind or marine energy installations”;\n(b) in paragraph (2)(a) for the words from “to require” to “gas operations” substitute—\n“(a) to require a duty holder to convey to and from an offshore installation, an offshore wind or marine energy installation or a vessel associated with offshore oil and gas operations, CCUS operations, offshore hydrogen operations or offshore wind or marine energy operations, at any reasonable time, by a reasonable method—”;\n(c) for paragraph (6) substitute—\n“(6) In this regulation—\n“CCUS operations” means all activities associated with an offshore installation relating to carbon capture, utilisation and storage, including the design, planning, construction, operation and decommissioning of the installation;\n“energy structure” has the meaning given in article 9 (production of energy from water or wind) of the 2013 Order;\n“offshore hydrogen operations” means all activities associated with an offshore installation relating to offshore hydrogen production, including the design, planning, construction, operation and decommissioning of the installation;\n“offshore oil and gas operations” means all activities associated with an offshore installation relating to exploration and production of petroleum, including the design, planning, construction, operation and decommissioning of the installation, but excluding the conveyance of petroleum from one coast to another;\n“offshore wind or marine energy installation” means an installation of one or more energy structures and technology, including cables, within the territorial sea or a renewable energy zone for the purposes specified in article 9(1)(a) to (c) of the 2013 Order;\n“offshore wind or marine energy operations” means all activities associated with an offshore wind or marine energy installation or are connected with or preparatory to the purposes specified in article 9(1)(a) to (c) of the 2013 Order, including the design, planning, construction, operation and decommissioning of the offshore wind or marine energy installation; and\n“renewable energy zone” has the meaning given in article 9 of the 2013 Order.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/738, amended by S.I. 2002/2175, 2005/3117 and 2015/3117."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/2221, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2011/24, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1934 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1998 c. 17; section 3 was amended by the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), section 48(3) and (4), and S.I. 2016/898 and 2018/163."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/385, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/185/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:31.827821+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}