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Section 9HA “Relevant offshore installations” and their ownersF1F2

United Kingdom

(1)

For the purposes of this Part an offshore installation is a relevant offshore installation if and in so far as it is used in relation to petroleum within subsection (2) (including such petroleum after it has been got).

(2)

Petroleum is within this subsection if it is petroleum which for the time being exists in its natural condition in strata beneath—

(a)

the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain, or

(b)

the sea in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964.

(3)

In this Part “owner”, in relation to a relevant offshore installation, means—

(a)

a person in whom the installation is vested, and

(b)

a lessee and any person occupying or controlling the installation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 1A inserted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 41, 57(7)(c); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(b)

F2

S. 9HA inserted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), ss. 73(4), 84(3); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(c)

Notes on Part 1A

Extent

E1

Pt. 1A extended (N.I.) (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), ss. 74(1), 84(3); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(c)