Regulation 6 Non-invited applications
An application for a production licence in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation (in these Regulations called a “non-invited application”) may, subject to paragraph (2), be made in respect of any seaward area.
No non-invited application may be made unless:–
every part of the area to which the application relates is, or has been, comprised in a production licence which was granted in pursuance of an invited application;
every such part is proposed to be, or has been, surrendered by the holder for the time being of the production licence so granted in which it is, or has been, comprised, or has been comprised in a production licence which has been revoked either in whole or in relation to the area to which the application relates; and
the Secretary of State has served notice in writing on such persons as appear to him to be concerned that he would be prepared to consider the application in such circumstances as may be specified in the notice.