{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023-commencement-no-5-saving-provisions-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023-commencement-no-5-saving-provisions-regulations-2026/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/846",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5, Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023-commencement-no-5-saving-provisions-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Saving Provision",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding the coming into force of section 299(3) to (7) of the Energy Act 2023, the legislation specified in paragraph (2) continues to have effect on and after the appointed day as it had effect immediately before that day, for the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4).\n(2) The legislation is—\n(a) sections 29(5) and 34(4) of the Petroleum Act 1998, and\n(b) the 2012 Regulations.\n(3) A fee relating to the submission of a relevant abandonment programme must be determined and notified in accordance with the 2012 Regulations and paid in accordance with section 29(5) of the Petroleum Act 1998 where, before the appointed day—\n(a) the Secretary of State has received a request to determine a fee relating to that submission, under regulation 3(1)(a) of the 2012 Regulations, or\n(b) the Secretary of State has published a draft of that programme.\n(4) A fee relating to a proposal to revise a relevant abandonment programme must be determined and notified in accordance with the 2012 Regulations and paid in accordance with section 34(4) of the Petroleum Act 1998 where, before the appointed day, the Secretary of State has received a request to determine a fee relating to that proposal, under regulation 3(1)(b) of the 2012 Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Draft abandonment programmes are published on www.gov.uk/guidance/oil-and-gas-decommissioning-of-offshore-installations-and-pipelines, prior to the submission of abandonment programme under section 29(5) of the Petroleum Act 1998."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/846/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:57:20.976401+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."
}