{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/section-17H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/section-17H.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/17",
  "legislation_title": "Petroleum Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998",
  "path": "section/17H",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17H",
  "heading": "Enforcement of certain duties in sections 17B, 17D and 17E.Enforcement of duty in section 17GA",
  "text": "(1) The obligation to comply with any notice under section 17D(11) or with a notice given under subsection (6) of section 17GA in a case falling within subsection (7) of that section and the obligation to comply with any duty in section 17B(6) or section 17D(7) shall be duties a duty owed to any person who may be affected by a failure to comply with them it .\n(2) Where a duty is owed by virtue of subsection (1) to any person, any breach of the duty which causes that person to sustain loss or damage shall be actionable at the suit or instance of that person.\n(3) In any proceedings brought against a person in pursuance of subsection (2), it shall be a defence for him to prove that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid contravening the duty.\n(4) Compliance with the duties in sections 17B(1) and (3), 17D(1) and (3) and 17E(2) shall be enforceable by civil proceedings by the Secretary of State for an injunction or interdict or other appropriate relief or remedy.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 17A-17H inserted (10.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1937, reg. 2(4), Sch. 4 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 17H(1) substituted (26.8.2004) by Gas (Third Party Access) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2043), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 17H(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (10.11.2011) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 17H(1) inserted (8.2.2007) by The Petroleum Act 1998 (Third Party Access) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/290), art. 1, Sch. para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 17H(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (10.11.2011) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 17H(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (10.11.2011) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in s. 17H(1) substituted (E.W.S) (10.11.2011) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(a)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 17H(4) omitted (E.W.S.) (10.11.2011) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(b) (with reg. 16(7)(8))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 17H heading substituted (E.W.S.) (10.11.2011) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(c) (with reg. 16(7)(8))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2004/20",
      "affecting_title": "Energy Act 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2004/20",
      "affecting_title": "Energy Act 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/section/17H",
    "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."
}