# The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005, Regulation 8: Assignment of permit


(1) Where a permit holder wishes to assign his permit to another person (“the proposed assignee”) the permit holder and the proposed assignee shall each make an application to the Secretary of State to effect the assignment.
(2) The Secretary of State shall effect the assignment provided she is satisfied that the proposed assignee will become the operator of the installation to which the permit relates after the assignment is effected.
(3) The Secretary of State shall effect an assignment under this regulation by causing the permit to be endorsed with the name and other particulars of the proposed assignee as the permit holder.
(4) The Secretary of State may, by notice, require the permit holder or the proposed assignee to furnish such further information specified in the notice, within the period so specified, as the Secretary of State may require for the purpose of determining an application under this regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110726227/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-offshore-petroleum-activities-oil-pollution-prevention-and-control-regulations-2005/regulation-8
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