The Oil and Gas Authority (Levy) and Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019

Repayment or credit of the levy under these Regulations

9.—(1) This regulation applies where the total amount of levy exceeds the leviable costs.

(2) The OGA must, by 31st December 2020, return to each licensee the difference between—

(a) the amount paid by or on behalf of that licensee in accordance with the relevant payment notice (including any interest paid by or on behalf of that licensee in accordance with regulation 7); and

(b) the recalculated amount of levy payable by that licensee.

(3) Any payment notice in respect of which sums remain outstanding shall be construed as referring to the recalculated amount of levy payable by the relevant licensee (and regulation 7 shall be construed accordingly).

(4) In this regulation—

“recalculated amount of levy payable” means the sum of—

(a)

the amount of levy payable by a licensee in accordance with a payment notice; and

(b)

any amount of interest which became payable by that licensee in accordance with regulation 7,

multiplied by the relevant multiplier; and

“relevant multiplier” means the figure calculated by dividing the leviable costs by the total amount of levy, expressed to three decimal places.