{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-chemicals-regulations-2002/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-chemicals-regulations-2002/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1355",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Chemicals Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-chemicals-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Requirements relating to permit applications",
  "text": "(1) A permit application shall be made in writing and shall contain—\n(a) a description of the offshore installation on or from which the offshore chemical is to be used or discharged, and the location of the offshore installation in the relevant area;\n(b) a description of the proposed technology and other techniques for preventing or, where prevention is not possible, reducing the use or discharge of the offshore chemical from the offshore installation;\n(c) a description of the measures planned to monitor the use or discharge of the offshore chemical; and\n(d) an assessment of the risk of harm to the environment from the use and discharge of the offshore chemicals proposed.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by notice require a permit applicant—\n(a) to produce such evidence as the Secretary of State may reasonably call for to verify any information provided in the permit application; or\n(b) to provide such other information as the Secretary of State may specify for the purposes of properly considering a permit application in accordance with these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1355/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:57:02.168029+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."
}