{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-current-model-clauses-order-1999/schedule-4/part-II/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-current-model-clauses-order-1999/schedule-4/part-II/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/160",
  "legislation_title": "The Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-current-model-clauses-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/II/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Extension of term for part of licensed area",
  "text": "(1) The Licensee, if he wishes this licence to continue for a further period of twenty years in respect of a part of the licensed area as provided by clause 3, shall at least three months before the expiry of the initial term give the Minister written notice of continuance and, unless notice has been given under clause 6(1) to surrender at least one half of the original licensed area before such expiry, give written notice of surrender from a date not later than such expiry in respect of an area which satisfied the requirements of clause 6(3) and whose surrender reduces the licensed area to not more than one half its original size.\n(2) The Licensee may at any time not less than one month before the surrender date specified in any notice of surrender give further notice in writing to the Minister varying the part of the licensed area to be surrendered and in the event of such further notice being given the provisions of paragraph (1) of this clause shall apply mutatis mutandis to such notice but so that the surrender date specified in such notice shall be the same as that specified in the first notice of surrender.\n(3) Where notice of continuance is duly given and such area (if any) as may be required to be surrendered by notice under paragraph (1) is duly surrendered, this licence shall, subject to the provisions of clause 3 of this licence, continue in respect of the residual area for a term of twenty years after the expiry of the initial term.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 clause 4 in force at 15.2.1999, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/160/schedule/4/part/II/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:42.134762+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."
}