# The Oil and Gas Authority (Levy and Fees) Regulations 2025, Regulation 10: Amendments to the Oil and Gas Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016


(1) The Oil and Gas Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016 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—
(a) clause 37A of Schedule 3 to the Petroleum Production (Landward Areas) Regulations 1995;
(b) any of the following clauses in the Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999—
(i) clause 38A of Part 2 of Schedule 2;
(ii) clause 36A of Part 2 of Schedule 3;
(iii) clause 37A of Part 2 of Schedule 4;
(iv) clause 39A of Part 2 of Schedule 5;
(v) clause 38A of Part 2 of Schedule 6;
(vi) clause 35A of Part 2 of Schedule 8;
(vii) clause 41A of Part 2 of Schedule 9;
(viii) clause 41A of Part 2 of Schedule 10;
(ix) clause 32A of Part 2 of Schedule 13;
(x) clause 34A of Part 2 of Schedule 14;
(c) any of the following clauses in the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004—
(i) clause 37A of Schedule 2;
(ii) clause 38A of Schedule 3;
(iii) clause 36A of Schedule 4;
(iv) clause 35A of Schedule 6;
(d) clause 40A of the Schedule to the Petroleum Licensing (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 2008;
(e) clause 40A of Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014; or
(f) paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010.”.
(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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/239/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/oil-and-gas-authority-levy-and-fees-regulations-2025/regulation-10
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