{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appraisal or initial term",
  "text": "(1) The appraisal term must not exceed the period necessary to—\n(a) generate the information necessary to select a storage site; and\n(b) prepare the documents required for an application under regulation 6.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (1), the appraisal term may be extended by the authority at the written request of the licence holder, under the conditions laid down by the licence, provided that the authority is satisfied that any exploration so far carried out has been in accordance with the licence.\n(3) If the licence does not include an appraisal term—\n(a) the licence must specify a period as the “initial term” for the purpose of paragraph (4)(a); but\n(b) that initial term may be extended under the conditions laid down by the licence.\n(4) The licence expires—\n(a) at the end of the appraisal term or the initial term, if no application for a storage permit is made before that date; or\n(b) if an application for a storage permit is refused, when that refusal is notified to the licence holder.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/24/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:51:52.495405+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."
}