Regulation 2 Amendments to the Hydrocarbon Licensing Directive Regulations 1995

(1)

The Hydrocarbon Licensing Directive Regulations 1995^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3(4), omit “where the applicant is effectively controlled by, or by nationals of, a State other than a member State”.

(3)

In regulation 5—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(b), for “Official Journal” substitute “relevant Gazette and on a public web site”;

(b)

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4)
In this regulation—

(a)
“landward area” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Petroleum Licensing (Applications) Regulations 2015^f2;

(b)
“relevant Gazette” means—

(i)
the London Gazette for any notice inviting applications for licences in a landward area;

(ii)
the Belfast Gazette, Edinburgh Gazette and London Gazette for any notice inviting applications for licences in a seaward area;

(c)
“seaward area” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Petroleum Licensing (Applications) Regulations 2015.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1995/1434, amended by S.I. 2016/912, 2018/56 and 2018/980 and modified by S.I. 2018/56 and 2018/980.
f2: S.I. 2015/766, amended by S.I. 2016/912, 2017/855, 2018/56 and 2018/980 and modified by S.I. 2018/56 and 2018/980.