{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/17",
  "legislation_title": "Petroleum Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The OGA shall, on receiving an application for a works authorisation—\n(a) decide whether the application is to be considered further or rejected; and\n(b) serve notice of its decision on the applicant and—\n(i) in the case of a decision that the application is to be considered further, shall give the applicant such directions with respect to the application as the OGA considers appropriate for the purposes of paragraph 3; and\n(ii) in the case of a decision to reject the application, shall include in the notice a statement of the reasons for the decision except any reason which in the opinion of the OGA it would be against the national interest to state.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2 substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 32(3)(a); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2(b) substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 32(3)(b); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:23:00.843249+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."
}