(1)This section applies where, in the case of an approved funded decommissioning programme, a modification is made of the programme or of the conditions to which its approval is subject.
(2)The modification does not take effect until the relevant time, and from that time this Chapter has effect—
(a)in the case of a modification of the programme, as if the programme had been approved by the Secretary of State under section 46 in the modified form;
(b)in the case of a modification of the conditions to which the approval of the programme is subject, as if the Secretary of State had approved the programme under that section subject to the modified conditions.
(3)“The relevant time” means—
(a)in the case of a modification to which section 49 applies, the time specified in the notice given under section 49(6)(b) of the Secretary of State’s decision that the modification is to be made, and
(b)in the case of a modification to which regulations under section 50 apply, the time specified in the notice of the modification given to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 50(4).
(4)The time specified in a notice, as mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b), must not be earlier than the time the notice is given.