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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbons-temporary-management-scheme-regulations-2013/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1329",
  "legislation_title": "The Hydrocarbons (Temporary Management Scheme) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbons-temporary-management-scheme-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Power to enter into new contracts",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may enter into a contract (“a new contract”) on behalf of a restricted person in respect of a restricted interest.\n(2) The Secretary of State must ensure that a new contract provides that—\n(a) the period for performance of the contract does not continue after the end of the management period; and\n(b) the contract may be terminated as provided by regulation 30.\n(3) The Secretary of State is not a party to a new contract by virtue of exercising the power in paragraph (1) but the Secretary of State is not precluded from being a party in exercise of any other power.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1329/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:52:38.703178+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."
}