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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that certain functions, set out in article 2, relating to the payment or repayment of petroleum royalty conferred on the Secretary of State by or under the Petroleum Act 1998 may be exercised by any person (or his employees) whom the Secretary of State may authorise to do so (article 2).

Apart from the function conferred by section 6 of the 1998 Act relating to repayment of royalty, the Secretary of State’s functions relating to royalty are set out in particular conditions attached to certain petroleum licences granted (or treated as having been granted) under section 3 of the 1998 Act.