The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999

Applications to the court

15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, for the purposes of regulations 16 (application to court by person aggrieved) and 17 (application to court by Secretary of State) below, the expression “the court” means–

(a) in respect of a relevant project in the English area, the High Court;

(b) in respect of a relevant project in the Scottish area, the Court of Session; and

(c) in respect of a relevant project in the Northern Irish area, the High Court in Northern Ireland.

(2) In this regulation the expressions “the English area”, “the Scottish area” and “the Northern Irish area” shall have the same meanings as in the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987(1).

(3) Where a project is situated in more than one of the areas referred to in paragraph (1) above, then any of the courts having jurisdiction in those areas shall have jurisdiction in relation to any question arising under regulation 16 or 17 below.

(1)

S.I. 1987/2197.