{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-regulations-2010/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-regulations-2010/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2221",
  "legislation_title": "The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Applications for a licence",
  "text": "(1) An application for a licence must be—\n(a) made in writing and sent to the Oil and Gas Authority, ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The application must include—\n(a) a request that the licence specify a period (the “appraisal term”) during which the licence holder has the right to explore the licensed area before making an application for a storage permit, or\n(b) if no such period is requested, a statement of the reasons why such exploration is not considered necessary.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(a) substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 79; S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(1)(a) omitted (1.10.2016) by virtue of The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 17(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1)(b) omitted (1.10.2016) by virtue of The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 17(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2221/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:44.050263+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."
}