Explanatory note

The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”) prescribe the model clauses which, unless the Secretary of State thinks fit to modify or exclude them in any particular case, will be incorporated in petroleum licences for landward areas as defined in those Regulations.

These regulations amend the 2014 Regulations to insert an additional model clause, prohibiting holders of petroleum licences from carrying out high volume hydraulic fracturing from any well where the well pad for that well is located in a protected area, specified in the clause, which is in England or Wales.

An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy at 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.