{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-exploration-petroleum-and-gas-storage-and-unloading-model-clauses-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-exploration-petroleum-and-gas-storage-and-unloading-model-clauses-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2814",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Exploration (Petroleum, and Gas Storage and Unloading) (Model Clauses) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-exploration-petroleum-and-gas-storage-and-unloading-model-clauses-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Model clauses",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the model clauses prescribed for the licences mentioned in paragraph (2) are those set out in the Schedule.\n(2) The licences are—\n(a) licences under section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998 to search for petroleum in any area below the low water line in respect of which the OGA may grant a licence under that section; and\n(b) licences under section 4 of the Energy Act 2008 to—\n(i) explore any controlled place with a view to carrying on activities within section 2(3)(a) to (d) of the Energy Act 2008, and\n(ii) establish or maintain an installation in a controlled place for the purposes of such exploration.\n(3) The model clauses prescribed for the licences mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) do not include clauses 2(2) or 3(3).\n(4) The model clauses prescribed for the licences mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) do not include clauses 2(1), 3(2), 7, 8(4)(b), 17(b), 18 or 20(2)(a).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 2(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2016) by The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 15(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 13.11.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2814/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:03:54.207389+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."
}