Regulation 4 ... Fees payable for consents and pipeline works authorisationsF31I1

A licensee must pay a fee where the licensee applies to the OGA for consent to—

an amount of financial security maintained by an operator of a carbon dioxide storage site in accordance with the provisions of a carbon dioxide storage permit.

A person must pay a fee where the person applies to the OGA for—

Subject to paragraphs (7) and (10), the amount of the fee under paragraph (1), and for a complex application under paragraph (2), is determined by the formula—F14F15

In paragraph (3), reference to—

• A is the number of days; and

• B is the number of officers,

F16... required to determine the application.

The licensee or person must:

unless the OGA notifies the licensee or person, as appropriate, in writing that the licensee or person may pay the fee at a later date.

In paragraph (4), “officer” means a person engaged by the OGA to carry out the function in respect of which the relevant fee is payable.

If a licensee who has applied for consent to a development and production programme F19, or for consent to a carbon dioxide storage proposal, notifies the OGA in writing, before the OGA has determined the application, that the licensee no longer intends to proceed with the application, the amount of the fee is to be determined in accordance with paragraph 8.

The amount of the fee under paragraph (7) is determined by the formula—F20F21

In paragraph (8), reference to—

• A is the number of days; and

• B is the number of officers working to determine an application for consent to a development and production programme F22, or an application for consent to a carbon dioxide storage proposal,

• up to and including the date notification is received by the OGA.

If the determination of an application for consent to a development and production programme F23, or an application for consent to a carbon dioxide storage proposal, by the OGA takes longer than 6 months, the OGA may charge the fee for such application in instalments every six months, determined in accordance with paragraph (11), following receipt by the OGA of the application until its determination, after which the OGA will charge any remaining fee.

The amount of the fee under paragraph (10) is determined by the formula—F24F25

In paragraph (11), reference to—

• A is the number of days; and

• B is the number of officers working to determine an application for consent to a development and production programme F26, or an application for consent to a carbon dioxide storage proposal,

• in the relevant period under paragraph (10).

Subject to paragraphs (14) and (16), the amount of the fee under paragraph (2) for an application for consent to, or an authorisation for, an activity or matter listed in the first column of the table below is the corresponding fee set out in the second column of the table.

If the OGA agrees to determine an application for an activity or matter listed in the first column of the table in paragraph (13) on an expedited basis, the amount of the fee is double the corresponding fee set out in the second column of the table.

In this regulation, a “complex application” is an application of the type set out in paragraph (2) and that the OGA considers will require—

In this regulation, “relevant gas processing facility” and “relevant oil processing facility” have the meanings given in sections 82(3) and 90 of the Energy Act 2011.

The OGA will notify, in writing, the person making an application—

and credit the fee paid by the licensee or person at the time of making the application against the amount of the fee payable by the licensee or person for a complex application under paragraph (2).