Regulation 2 Fees relating to oil pollution emergency plansI1

United Kingdom

(1)

This regulation applies where the Secretary of State’s functions referred to in paragraph (2) relate to—

(a)

oil handling facilities which are pipelines;

(b)

oil handling facilities which would be offshore installations were they in offshore waters;

(c)

offshore installations and their connected infrastructure in offshore waters; or

(d)

well operations.

(2)

The Secretary of State may charge fees, calculated in accordance with regulation 7, in respect of—

F1(za)

providing advice with respect to the preparation of—

(i)

an oil pollution emergency plan,

(ii)

an amended oil pollution emergency plan, or

(iii)

a description of amendments to be made to an oil pollution emergency plan;

(a)

considering, and approving,—

(i)

an oil pollution emergency plan,

(ii)

an amended oil pollution emergency plan, or

(iii)

a description of amendments to be made to an oil pollution emergency plan,

submitted under regulation 4 of the OPPR Regulations;

(b)

requiring a responsible person to review an oil pollution emergency plan under regulation 4(5D) of the OPPR Regulations;

(c)

requiring evidence by written notice under regulation 4(9)(f) of the OPPR Regulations and considering that evidence;

(d)

monitoring the implementation of an oil pollution emergency plan (or an amended plan) submitted under regulation 4 of the OPPR Regulations; and

(e)

monitoring compliance with the duties in regulation 4 of the OPPR Regulations (including carrying out an inspection under regulation 8 of those Regulations).

(3)

In this regulation—

“the OPPR Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 1998^f1; and
“offshore installations”, “offshore waters”, “oil handling facilities”, “oil pollution emergency plan”, “responsible person” and “well operations” have the meanings given in the OPPR Regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 2(2)(za) inserted (1.6.2016) by The Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/529), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in force at 22.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1998/1056, as amended by S.I. 2009/229 and S.I. 2015/386.