Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “charging period” means the period beginning on 1st April 2016 and ending on 31st March 2017;

• “licensee” means a person holding a petroleum licence;

• “offshore exploration licence” means a petroleum licence of the sort referred to in regulation 2(2)(a) of the Offshore Exploration (Petroleum, and Gas Storage and Unloading) (Model Clauses) Regulations 2009^f1, relating to an area any part of which lies within offshore waters;

• “offshore licence” means an offshore exploration licence or an offshore production licence;

• “offshore production licence” means a petroleum licence relating to an area any part of which lies within offshore waters which is not an offshore exploration licence;

• “offshore waters” means—

  1. (a)

     the waters comprising the territorial sea of the United Kingdom, and

  2. (b)

     the sea in any area for the time being designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964^f2;

• “petroleum licence” means a licence under—

  1. (a)

     section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934^f3 (licences to search for and get petroleum), or

  2. (b)

     section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998^f4 (licences to search and bore for and get petroleum).