Energy Act 2013

117 Application of Part 3 U.K.

(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that the provisions of this Part apply, so far as specified, in relation to persons, premises, activities, articles, substances or other matters, outside the United Kingdom as they apply within the United Kingdom or a specified part of the United Kingdom.

(2) Such an Order in Council may—

(a) provide for any provisions of this Part to apply subject to modifications;

(b) provide for any of those provisions, as applied by the Order, to apply—

(i) in relation to individuals, whether or not they are British citizens, and

(ii) in relation to bodies corporate, whether or not they are incorporated under the law of a part of the United Kingdom;

(c) make provision for conferring jurisdiction on a specified court or courts of a specified description in respect of—

(i) offences under this Part committed outside the United Kingdom, or

(ii) causes of action under section 76 in respect of acts or omissions that occur outside the United Kingdom;

(d) make provision for questions arising out of any acts or omissions mentioned in paragraph (c)(ii) to be determined in accordance with the law in force in any specified part of the United Kingdom;

(e) exclude from the operation of section 3 of the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act 1878 (consents required for prosecutions) proceedings for offences under any provision of this Part committed outside the United Kingdom.

(3) In this section “specified”, in relation to an Order in Council, means specified in the Order.

(4) Nothing in this section affects the application outside the United Kingdom of any provision of, or made under, this Part which so applies otherwise than by virtue of an Order in Council under this section.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 117 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/251, art. 4