# The Petroleum (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 1988, Regulation 7: Invited applications


(1) Every application for a production licence pursuant to these Regulations, not being a non-invited application made pursuant to the last foregoing Regulation (in these Regulations referred to as an “invited application”), shall be:–
(a) in respect of one or more blocks described or specified by a Gazette notice published in accordance with the next following paragraph;
(b) lodged within the period specified by such a notice as the period during which the Secretary of State is prepared to receive applications in respect of the blocks so specified;and shall not comprise any part of a block.
(2) The Gazette notice referred to in the last foregoing paragraph is a Gazette notice describing or specifying by reference to a map deposited at the principal office of the Department of Energy, and at such other places (if any) as may be specified in the notice, areas (in these Regulations referred to as “blocks”) to which reference numbers shall be assigned, in respect of which he is prepared to receive applications for production licences and specifying the dates within which applications in respect of the blocks so specified are to be made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1213/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-production-seaward-areas-regulations-1988/regulation-7
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