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Section 16 Interpretation of Part I.

United Kingdom

C1(1)

In this Part of this Act—

  • “abandonment programme” has the meaning given by section 1;

  • “offshore installation” has the same meaning as in the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act M1 1971;

  • “submarine pipe-line” means a pipe-line within the meaning of section 33 of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act M2 1975 which is in, under or over waters in—

(a)

the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, or

(b)

an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act M3 1964.

(2)

This Part of this Act—

(a)

so far as it applies to individuals, applies to them whether or not they are British citizens, and

(b)

so far as it applies to bodies corporate, applies to them whether or not they are incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

1971 c. 61.

M2

1975 c. 74.

M3

1964 c. 29.

Modifications

C1

S. 16(1) modified (E.W.S.) (6. 3. 1992) by Offshore Safety Act 1992 (c. 15), s. 1(5)(c).

S. 16(1) modified (N.I.) (15.9.1992) by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), arts. 1(2), 3(5)

Notes on Part I

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. I (ss. 1-9) repealed (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, ss. 51(1), 52(4), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 5(1)); S.I. 1999/161, art. 2