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Regulation 10 Amendments to the Oil and Gas Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

The Oil and Gas Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “category 2 pipeline works authorisation variation” insert—

  • ““change in control” means, in relation to a licensee, a change in control under—

    1. (a)

      clause 37A of Schedule 3 to the Petroleum Production (Landward Areas) Regulations 1995f2;

    2. (b)

      any of the following clauses in the Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999f3—

      1. (i)

        clause 38A of Part 2 of Schedule 2;

      2. (ii)

        clause 36A of Part 2 of Schedule 3;

      3. (iii)

        clause 37A of Part 2 of Schedule 4;

      4. (iv)

        clause 39A of Part 2 of Schedule 5;

      5. (v)

        clause 38A of Part 2 of Schedule 6;

      6. (vi)

        clause 35A of Part 2 of Schedule 8;

      7. (vii)

        clause 41A of Part 2 of Schedule 9;

      8. (viii)

        clause 41A of Part 2 of Schedule 10;

      9. (ix)

        clause 32A of Part 2 of Schedule 13;

      10. (x)

        clause 34A of Part 2 of Schedule 14;

    3. (c)

      any of the following clauses in the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004f4—

      1. (i)

        clause 37A of Schedule 2;

      2. (ii)

        clause 38A of Schedule 3;

      3. (iii)

        clause 36A of Schedule 4;

      4. (iv)

        clause 35A of Schedule 6;

    4. (d)

      clause 40A of the Schedule to the Petroleum Licensing (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 2008f5;

    5. (e)

      clause 40A of Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014f6; or

    6. (f)

      paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010f7.”.

(3)

In regulation 3 (applications of a prescribed description)—

(a)

after paragraph (1)(w) insert—

“(x)

an application for consent to a change in control.”;

(b)

after paragraph (3)(j) insert—

“(k)

an application for consent to a change in control.”.

(4)

In regulation 4(1) (fees payable for consents and pipeline works authorisations)—

(a)

after sub-paragraph (e) omit “or”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (f) insert “; or” and—

“(g)

a change in control.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2016/904, as amended by S.I. 2017/426, 2018/56, 980, 2020/208, 2021/206, 2022/204, 2023/228, 2024/241.

f2

S.I. 1995/1436, as amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 21 to the Energy Act 2023 (c. 52).

f3

S.I. 1999/160, as amended by paragraphs 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39 and 43 of Schedule 21 to the Energy Act 2023.

f4

S.I. 2004/352, as amended by paragraphs 48, 52, 56 and 60 of Schedule 21 to the Energy Act 2023.

f5

S.I. 2008/225, as amended by paragraph 64 of Schedule 21 to the Energy Act 2023.

f6

S.I. 2014/1686, as amended by paragraph 68 of Schedule 21 to the Energy Act 2023.

f7

S.I. 2010/2221, as amended by Schedule 6 to the Energy Act 2023.