# The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014, Paragraph 8: Avoidance of harmful methods of working

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Licensee shall maintain all apparatus and appliances in good repair and condition and shall execute all operations in or in connection with the Exploration Area in a proper and workmanlike manner in accordance with methods and practice of exploration customarily used in good industry practice.
(2) The Licensee shall comply with any instructions from time to time given by the OGA in writing relating to any of the matters set out in paragraph (1). If the Licensee objects to any such instruction on the ground that it is unreasonable the Licensee may, within fourteen days from the date upon which the same was given, refer the matter to arbitration in the manner provided by clause 20.
(3) In this clause, “good industry practice” means the exercise of that degree of skill, diligence, prudence and foresight which would reasonably and ordinarily be expected from a skilled and experienced operator engaged in an activity authorised by or under this licence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1686/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-licensing-exploration-and-production-landward-areas-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-8
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