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  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Gas Storage and Unloading (Licensing) Regulations 2009",
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  "text": "(1) The Licensee shall not—\n(a) erect or carry out any Relevant Works, either in the Licensed Area or elsewhere, for the purpose of—\n(i) the storage of gas in that area;\n(ii) the recovery of stored gas;\n(iii) the conversion of a natural feature in that area for the purpose of storing gas;\n(iv) the conveyance to a place on land of gas recovered from that area; or\n(v) the conveyance of gas from a place on land for storage in that area; or\n(b) carry out any Relevant Operations in that area,\nexcept in accordance with a plan to which the Minister has given consent.\n(2) The document in which that consent is given may specify—\n(a) any conditions to which the consent is subject; and\n(b) a period to which the consent is limited.\n(3) The Minister may at any time, by written notice given to the Licensee, specify operations as Relevant Operations for the purposes of paragraph (4)(b).\n(4) In this clause—\n(a) “Relevant Works” means any structures and other works (of any kind) which are intended by the Licensee to be permanent and are neither designed to be moved from place to place without major dismantling nor intended by the Licensee to be used only for exploration for places suitable for gas storage; and\n(b) “Relevant Operations” means—\n(i) the injection of gas;\n(ii) the recovery of gas; and\n(iii) any other operations that are specified in accordance with paragraph (3).",
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