Regulation 15 Design and relocation notifications for production installation

United Kingdom

(1)

The operator of a production installation which is to be established in external waters must—

(a)

prepare a design notification containing, subject to paragraph (6), the particulars specified in Schedule 5; and

(b)

send the design notification to the competent authority.

(2)

The duties in paragraph (1) must be completed F1, for a production installation which extracts petroleum from beneath the seabed by means of a well or is used for the conveyance of petroleum by means of a pipe, at such time before the submission of a field development plan to the F2Oil and Gas Authority as will enable the operator to take account—

(a)

in the design, and

(b)

in the safety case prepared pursuant to regulation 17,

F3(2A)

The duties in paragraph (1) must be completed, for a production installation which is used for carbon capture, utilisation and storage or for offshore hydrogen production, at such time as will enable the operator to take account in—

(a)

the design, and

(b)

the safety case prepared pursuant to regulation 17,

of any matters raised by the competent authority within three months (or such shorter period as the competent authority may specify) of that time.

(3)

The operator of a production installation which is to be moved to a new location within external waters (whether from outside external waters or not) and operated there must—

(a)

prepare a relocation notification containing the particulars specified in Schedule 5 not contained in any current safety case for that installation; and

(b)

send the relocation notification to the competent authority

(4)

The duties in paragraph (3) must be completed F4, for a production installation which extracts petroleum from beneath the seabed by means of a well or is used for the conveyance of petroleum by means of a pipe, at such time before the submission of a field development plan to the Oil and Gas Authority as will enable the operator to take account of any matters raised by the competent authority within three months (or such shorter period as the competent authority may specify) of that time.

F5(4A)

The duties in paragraph (3) must be completed, for a production installation which is used for carbon capture, utilisation and storage or for offshore hydrogen production, at such time as will enable the operator to take account of any matters raised by the competent authority within three months (or such shorter period as the competent authority may specify) of that time.

(5)

The competent authority must respond to the design notification—

(a)

with comments to be taken into account by the operator in the safety case; or

(b)

where it has no such comments to make, with a statement to that effect.

(6)

Paragraph (1) only requires the design notification to contain the particulars referred to in that paragraph to the extent that it is reasonable to expect the operator to address them at the time of sending the design notification to the competent authority.

(7)

Where there is a material change in any of the particulars notified pursuant to—

(a)

paragraph (1) prior to the operator sending a safety case to the competent authority in accordance with regulation 17(1)(b); or

(b)

paragraph (3) prior to the operator sending—

(i)

a safety case to the competent authority in accordance with regulation 17(1)(b); or

(ii)

revisions to the current safety case to the competent authority in accordance with regulation 24(2),

the operator must notify the competent authority of that change as soon as practicable.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 15(2) inserted (6.4.2026) by The Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage and Offshore Hydrogen Production (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/185), regs. 1(1), 7(5)(a)
F2: Words in reg. 15(2)(4) substituted (1.10.2016) by The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 24(3)
F3: Reg. 15(2A) inserted (6.4.2026) by The Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage and Offshore Hydrogen Production (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/185), regs. 1(1), 7(5)(b)
F4: Words in reg. 15(4) inserted (6.4.2026) by The Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage and Offshore Hydrogen Production (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/185), regs. 1(1), 7(5)(c)
F5: Reg. 15(4A) inserted (6.4.2026) by The Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage and Offshore Hydrogen Production (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/185), regs. 1(1), 7(5)(d)