{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/section-28A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/section-28A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/17",
  "legislation_title": "Petroleum Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998",
  "path": "section/28A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28A",
  "heading": "Restriction on abandonment",
  "text": "(1) A person to whom a notice may be given under section 29(1) in relation to an offshore installation or submarine pipeline may not abandon, or begin or continue the decommissioning of, the installation or pipeline unless an abandonment programme approved by the Secretary of State has effect in relation to the installation or pipeline.\n(2) A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 28A inserted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 2 para. 2; S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (26.12.2023) by 2008 c. 32, s. 30(1AA)(1AB) (as inserted by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), ss. 95(3), 334(3)(b))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/section/28A",
    "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."
}