The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
3Amendment of the 2005 Regulations
4In regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) for the definition of “discharge”...
5In regulation 3 (discharge permits)— (a) in paragraph (1), omit...
6After regulation 3 insert— Prohibition on the release of oil...
7In regulation 4 (grant or refusal and contents of permits)—...
8In regulation 5 (contents of permit application)—
9After regulation 5 insert— Publicity for permit applications (1) Except where the permit application is one to which...
10In regulation 6 (fees)— (a) in paragraph (1) after “charge”...
11After regulation 6 insert— Application for renewal of an existing...
12In paragraphs (3) and (6) of regulation 7, omit “in...
13For regulation 8 (assignment of permit) substitute— Transfer of permit...
14In regulation 9 (revocation and surrender of permits) omit—
15After regulation 9 insert— Register of permits to be kept...
16After regulation 11 (registry) insert— Provision of information to the...
17In regulation 12 (inspectors)— (a) in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph...
18In regulation 13 (enforcement notices)— (a) in paragraph (1) omit...
19In regulation 14 (prohibition notices)— (a) in paragraph (1)—
20In regulation 15 (appeal to the High Court, Court of...
21In regulation 16 (offences)— (a) in paragraph (1)—
22In regulation 18 (Disapplication or consequential modifications of enactments), in...
23Amendment of the Energy Act 2008 (Consequential Modifications) (Offshore Environmental Protection) Order 2010
24Transitional provision

2011 No. 983

Environmental Protection

The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Made

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1) to (3) and 7(9) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 19991.

The Secretary of State has consulted the persons required to be consulted by section 2(4) of that Act.

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 2(8) and (9)(d) of that Act.