The Offshore Gas Storage and Unloading (Licensing) Regulations 2009

Interpretation etc.

1.—(1) In this licence, the following expressions have the following meanings—

“consent” means consent in writing;

“Crown lease” means a lease of property forming part of the Crown Estate, or an authorisation to exercise rights forming part of that Estate (and includes a Crown lease which has or may be granted);

“Exploration Period” means (subject to clause 4(1)) the period, if any, which is—

(a)

specified as such in Schedule 3; or

(b)

determined in accordance with provisions of that Schedule;

“gas” means any combustible substance which is gaseous at a temperature of 15° C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa (1013.25 mb) and which consists wholly or mainly of methane, ethane, propane, or butane (or of a mixture of two or more of those substances);

“good storage practice” means the exercise of that degree of skill, diligence, prudence and foresight which would reasonably and ordinarily be expected from a skilled and experienced operator engaged in an activity authorised by or under this licence;

“Lease” means a Crown lease specified in Schedule 2;

“Licence Period” means (subject to clause 3(2)) the period specified as such in Schedule 3;

“Licensed Area” means the area (or, as the case may be, volume) in which the Licensee may for the time being exercise rights granted by a Lease;

“the Licensee” means the person (or all the persons) specified in Schedule 1 as licence holder (or joint licence holders);

“the Minister” means the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change;

“Petroleum” includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;

“Start Date” means the date specified as such in Schedule 3;

“Well” includes borehole;

“Work Programme” means the programme (if any) set out in Schedule 4.

(2) Any reference in this licence to a clause or a Schedule is a reference to a clause of, or Schedule to, this licence; and any reference in a clause to a paragraph is to a paragraph of that clause.

(3) Any obligations which are to be observed and performed by the Licensee shall at any time at which the Licensee is more than one person be joint and several obligations.