{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-production-landward-areas-regulations-1995/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-production-landward-areas-regulations-1995/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1436",
  "legislation_title": "The Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-production-landward-areas-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Applications for licences",
  "text": "(1) Every application for a licence shall—\n(a) be made in writing and sent to the OGA, Aberdeen AB10; and\n(b) be accompanied by the appropriate fee , as set out in the Oil and Gas Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016.\n(2) Every application for a licence which relates to an area bounded by any of the lines specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall be accompanied by two copies of an Ordnance Survey map on a scale of 1:25,000, or such other map or chart as the OGA may allow, upon which the boundaries of the area in relation to which the licence is sought are clearly defined.\n(3) An application for a licence other than a petroleum exploration and development licence may be made at any time.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations (except reg. 9(2)(c), Sch. 5) cease to have effect (for specified purposes) (30.6.2015) by The Petroleum Licensing (Applications) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/766), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 4(7))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(1)(a) inserted (1.10.2016) by The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(1)(b) inserted (1.10.2016) by The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 5(2) substituted (1.10.2016) by The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 6(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 30.6.1995, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1436/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:08:27.310548+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."
}