Wales Act 2017 (c. 4)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6 Minor and consequential amendments

Part 2 Amendments relating to onshore petroleum

Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22)

20 In Schedule 1 to that Act (determination of oil fields), in paragraph 1(2), after paragraph (ab) insert—

“(ac) is the Welsh Ministers if the area is such that licences can be granted by the Welsh Ministers for all of it under Part 1 of the Petroleum Act 1998;

(ad) is the OGA and the Welsh Ministers acting jointly if the area is such that licences can be granted for part of it by the OGA and for part of it by the Welsh Ministers;”.