{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/17",
  "legislation_title": "Petroleum Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where the OGA decides not to issue a works authorisation in consequence of an application it shall serve on—\n(a) the applicant; and\n(b) each person on whom a copy of notice of the application was required to be served under paragraph 3(c),\na notice stating the decision and, in the case of the notice served on the applicant, stating also the reasons for the decision except any reason which the OGA considers that it would be against the national interest to state.\n(2) Where the OGA decides to issue a works authorisation in consequence of an application it shall—\n(a) serve notice of the decision on—\n(i) the applicant;\n(ii) each person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b); and\n(iii) any other person who made representations as mentioned in paragraph 7(b)(ii) or (iii); and\n(b) publish a copy of the notice in such manner as it considers appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 8(1) substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 37(2)(a); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 8(1) substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 37(2)(b); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 8(2) substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 37(3)(a); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 8(2) substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 37(3)(b); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 8(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 37(3)(c); 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/8",
    "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."
}