Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 3283
Petroleum
The Petroleum Licensing (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made
12th December 2009
Laid before Parliament
16th December 2009
Coming into force
20th January 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1)(c) and (e) and 4(2) of the Petroleum Act 1998( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Petroleum Licensing (Amendment) Regulations 2009, and come into force on 20th January 2010.
Prescribed fees for licence applications
2. —(1) In regulation 9(2) of the Petroleum (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 1988( 2 ), for “£2,820” substitute “£2,100”.
(2) In regulation 10(1) of the Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1995( 3 ), for “£1,000” substitute “£1,400”.
Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004
3. —(1) In regulation 2 of the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004( 4 ), for the definition of “landward area” substitute—
“ “landward area” has the meaning given by regulation 3(1) of the Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1995 ” .
(2) In clause 1(1) of Schedule 6 to those Regulations, omit the definitions of “Landward Area”, “Official Journal” and “Seaward Area”.
Petroleum Licensing (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 2008
4. —(1) In regulation 1(2) of the Petroleum Licensing (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 2008( 5 ), for the definition of “seaward area” substitute—
“ “seaward area” has the meaning given by regulation 3(1)(a) of the Petroleum (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 1988 ( 6 ) ” .
(2) The Schedule to those Regulations is amended as follows.
(3) In clause 2, for “seaward area more particularly” substitute “area”.
(4) For clause 3(2) substitute—
“ (2) Unless sooner determined under any of its provisions, this licence shall continue—
(a) for the Initial Term, subject to clause 10 and (where applicable) clauses 4 and 5;
(b) for the Second Term, subject to clauses 6 and 10;
(c) for the Third Term, subject to clauses 8 and 10. ” .
(5) In clause 5—
(a) in paragraph (2), for “shall give” substitute “may give”; and
(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—
“ (3) This licence shall automatically cease and determine on the expiry of the Early Surrender Period unless—
(a) the Licensee has given notice in accordance with paragraph (2); or
(b) at the request of the Licensee, the Minister has directed that the licence shall continue without such notice having been given. ” .
(6) In clause 30, after paragraph (3) insert—
“ (3A) The functions of the Minister under paragraph (3) shall be exercisable concurrently by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ” .
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Minister of State
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Date 12th December 2009
SI 1988/1213 ; regulation 9 was amended by SI 1996/2946 .
1995/1436 ; there are amendments to the instrument that are not relevant to these Regulations.
SI 2004/352 . Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 to that instrument were amended by SI 2006/784 and 2007/3224 , and Schedules 1 and 6 were amended by SI 2009/229 . In addition, Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 were amended by section 77(1) of, and Part 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32) ; those amendments also have effect (to the extent provided by section 77) in relation to licences granted before the coming into force of the amendments which incorporate model clauses prescribed by those Schedules.
SI 2008/225 ; the Schedule to that instrument was amended by SI 2009/229 .
Regulation 3(1)(a) of, and Schedule 1 to, that instrument were amended by SI 1992/2378 .