{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-conservation-of-habitats-regulations-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-conservation-of-habitats-regulations-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1754",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-conservation-of-habitats-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PETROLEUM\nMade 8th May 2001\nLaid before Parliament 8th May 2001\nComing into force 31st May 2001\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/2870."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (1.7.2010) by The Energy Act 2008 (Consequential Modifications) (Offshore Environmental Protection) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1513), arts. 1(1), 3(1)-(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1754/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:49:14.800373+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."
}