SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2ABANDONMENT OF OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS

Energy Act 2008

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1

Section 30 of the Energy Act 2008 (abandonment of carbon storage installations) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), after “subsections” insert “ (1A), ”.

3

After that subsection insert—

1A

For the purposes of subsection (1), the amendments made to Part 4 of the 1998 Act by Schedule 2 to the Energy Act 2016 are to be disregarded.

4

For subsection (4A) substitute—

4A

The power in subsection (4)—

a

may (in particular) be exercised to make modifications corresponding to the amendments made by Schedule 2 to the Energy Act 2016, and

b

is subject to section 30A.