Regulation 3 Liability to pay the levy
Except where paragraph (2) applies, where at the relevant time a licensee is the licensee of one or more offshore production licences, that licensee is liable to pay, in respect of the charging period, a levy of £2,759.30 for each such licence of which that licensee is the holder.
Where at the relevant time the Secretary of State has, in accordance with the terms of an offshore production licence,—
given a consent to the licensee to—
erect or carry out any relevant works (within the meaning of the licence) either in the licensed area or elsewhere, for the purpose of getting petroleum from that area or for the purpose of conveying to a place on land petroleum got from that area; or
get petroleum from that area otherwise than in the course of searching for petroleum, drilling wells or testing wells; or
approved a programme, the approval of which allows the licensee to undertake any of the matters referred to in paragraph (2)(a) of this regulation; or
served such a programme on the licensee,
the licensee is liable to pay, in respect of the charging period, a levy of £30,422.92 for each such licence of which that licensee is the holder.
Where at the relevant time the licensee is the licensee of an offshore exploration licence, the licensee is liable to pay, in respect of the charging period, a levy of £2,759.30 for that licence.
For the purpose of this regulation the “relevant time” means 12.01a.m. on 1st October 2015.