Wales Act 2017 (c. 4)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6 U.K. Minor and consequential amendments

Part 2 U.K. Amendments relating to onshore petroleum

Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17) U.K.

15 (1) Section 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (licences: further provisions) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsections (1A), (1B) and (1C), after ““Scottish Ministers”” insert “ or the Welsh Ministers ”.

(3) After subsection (3A) insert—

“(3B) Any regulations made by the Welsh Ministers shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.”

(4) After subsection (4A) insert—

“(4B) As soon as practicable after granting a licence under section 3, the Welsh Ministers shall publish notice of the fact in such manner as they think appropriate stating—

(a) the name of the licensee; and

(b) the situation of the area in respect of which the licence has been granted.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 6 para. 15 in force at 1.10.2018 by S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 4(b)