Introductory text

ENERGY

PETROLEUM

Made 25th February 2026

Laid before Parliament 2nd March 2026

Coming into force 1st April 2026

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(1), (2), (5) and (6), 13(1) to (4), 14(1) and (3) to (9) and 82(2) and (3) of the Energy Act 2016^f1.

The Secretary of State has consulted the Oil and Gas Authority^f2 in accordance with sections 12(8) and 13(8) of the Energy Act 2016.

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Footnotes

f1: 2016 c. 20.
f2: Section 1(1) of the Energy Act 2016 provides that the company originally incorporated as the Oil and Gas Authority Limited is renamed as the Oil and Gas Authority.