# The Oil and Gas Authority (Fees and Petroleum Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Oil and Gas Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/904) (“the Fees Regulations”), which make provision for the Oil and Gas Authority (“the OGA”) to charge fees, and make consequential amendments to other legislation.
Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 3 of the Fees Regulations (applications prescribed for purposes of section 12(1)(d) of the Energy Act 2016) to prescribe additional applications for which the OGA may charge a fee. These are applications made by the holder of certain petroleum licences for approval of the appointment of a well or installation operator; consent to a retention area proposal (where consent is granted); consent to a development area proposal (where consent is granted); consent to extend a term of a petroleum licence or the final phase of the initial term; and consent to amend a work programme. Regulation 2(2) inserts the relevant definitions in regulation 2 of the Fees Regulations (interpretation).
Regulation 2(4)-(5) amends regulation 4 of the Fees Regulations (fees payable for consents and pipeline works authorisations) and omits regulation 5 (requests to determine fees under regulation 4) to increase to £595 the daily rate in the formula for calculating the applicable fee and to provide for charging on the basis of the actual costs incurred in determining an application instead of an estimate.
Regulation 2(6) inserts a new table in regulation 6 of the Fees Regulations (fixed fees payable for other consents) including new fixed fees for applications for consent to extend a term of a petroleum licence or the final phase of the initial term and consent to amend a work programme. It also increases the existing fees to reflect increased resource costs.
Regulation 2(7) inserts new fixed fees for applications for consent to a retention or development area proposal (where consent is granted); consent to determination of an oil field; and metering examinations and tests. It also inserts the methodology for calculating the new fee for applications for approval of the appointment of well or installation operators.
Regulation 3 amends the model clauses for petroleum production licences to omit the existing provision for charging fees and expenses for metering tests or examinations, which is replaced by the fee introduced by these Regulations.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/426/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/oil-and-gas-authority-fees-and-petroleum-licensing-amendment-regulations-2017/note
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