{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-oil-pollution-prevention-and-control-amendment-regulations-2011/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-oil-pollution-prevention-and-control-amendment-regulations-2011/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/983",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-oil-pollution-prevention-and-control-amendment-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of the 2005 Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 5 (contents of permit application)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) omit “by the operator of the offshore installation”;\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (b) omit “and”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (c) for “sought.” substitute “sought; and”; and\n(iv) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—\n“(d) an assessment of the risk of harm to the environment from the proposed discharge of oil.”; and\n(b) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) omit “in writing”; and\n(ii) for “operator” substitute “applicant”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/983/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:10:24.560021+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."
}