http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/12/section/14Petroleum Act 1987An Act to make provision in respect of the abandonment of offshore installations and submarine pipe-lines and in respect of safety zones around offshore installations; to amend the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 and to make provision in respect of licences under that Act; to amend the law relating to pipe-lines; to repeal sections 34 to 39 of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975; and for connected purposes.1987-04-09texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2016-10-20Expert Participation2009-11-13 Part I141If any person is aggrieved by any of the acts of the Secretary of State mentioned in subsection (2) and desires to question its validity on the ground that it was not within the powers of the Secretary of State or that the relevant procedural requirements had not been complied with, he may within 42 days of the day on which the act was done make an application to the court under this section.2The acts referred to in subsection (1) are—athe giving of a notice under section 1(1);bthe approval of a programme under section 4;cthe rejection of a programme under section 4;da determination under section 6;ea determination under section 7;fthe giving of a notice under section 10(4).3If on an application under this section the court is satisfied that the act in question was not within the powers of the Secretary of State or that the applicant has been substantially prejudiced by a failure to comply with the relevant procedural requirements, the court may quash the act.4Except as provided by this section, the validity of any of the acts of the Secretary of State referred to in subsection (1) shall not be questioned in any legal proceedings whatever.5In this section “the relevant procedural requirements”—ain relation to the giving of a notice under section 1(1), means the requirements of section 3(5);bin relation to the approval of a programme under section 4, means the requirements of section 4(3);cin relation to the rejection of a programme under section 4, means the requirements of section 4(4);din relation to a determination under section 6, means the requirements of section 6(5), (6) and (7);ein relation to a determination under section 7, means the requirements of section 7(2);fin relation to the giving of a notice under section 10(4), means the requirements of section 10(5).6In this section, “the court” means—ain relation to England and Wales, the High Court;bin relation to Scotland, the Court of Session;cin relation to Northern Ireland, the High Court.Pt. I (ss. 1-9) repealed (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, ss. 51(1), 52(4), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 5(1)); S.I. 1999/161, art. 2