{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999.json",
  "id": "uksi/1999/161",
  "title": "The Petroleum Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1999",
  "short_title": "Petroleum Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) 1999",
  "long_title": "This Order provides that the Petroleum Act 1998 shall come into force in accordance with section 52(4) thereof on 15th February 1999. Subsection (4) of section 52 is subject to subsections (1) and (2) of that section, which apply in relation to the coming into force of the “excepted provisions” mentioned in article 2(2). The Order accordingly brings into force on that date all the provisions of the Act other than those excepted provisions.",
  "citation": "S.I. 1999/161",
  "type": "uksi",
  "year": "1999",
  "number": "161",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "1999-01-27",
  "revised": false,
  "valid_from": null,
  "extent": null,
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/1",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999/article-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/2",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Commencement of Petroleum Act 1998",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999/article-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999/signature",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999/note",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2008-11-12",
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999/pdf/uksi_19990161_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/161/pdfs/uksi_19990161_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [
    {
      "id": "ukpga/1998/17",
      "title": "Petroleum Act 1998",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998",
      "provisions": [
        "section/52"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_made_to": 0,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 0,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1999/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/161",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:40.630993+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}