Extent Information
E1Pt. 1A extended (N.I.) (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), ss. 74(1), 84(3); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(c)
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 1A inserted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 41, 57(7)(c); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(b)
(1)A person who is the holder of a petroleum licence must act in accordance with the current strategy or strategies when planning and carrying out activities as the licence holder.
(2)A person who is an operator under a petroleum licence must act in accordance with the current strategy or strategies when planning and carrying out activities as the operator under the licence.
F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)A person must act in accordance with the current strategy or strategies when planning and carrying out the commissioning of upstream petroleum infrastructure.
[F3(5)A person who is the owner of—
(a)a relevant offshore installation, or
(b)upstream petroleum infrastructure,
must act in accordance with the current strategy or strategies when planning and carrying out the activities mentioned in subsection (6).
(6)Those activities are—
(a)the person's activities as the owner of the installation or infrastructure (including the development, construction, deployment and use of the infrastructure or installation);
(b)the abandonment or decommissioning of the installation or infrastructure.
(7)For the purposes of subsection (5), planning the activities mentioned in subsection (6)(b) includes the preliminary stage of—
(a)deciding whether or when to proceed with the proposed abandonment or decommissioning, and
(b)considering alternative measures to abandonment or decommissioning such as re-use or preservation.]]
Textual Amendments
F2S. 9C(3) omitted (1.10.2016) by virtue of Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), ss. 73(3)(a), 84(3); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(c)
F3Ss. 9C(5)-(7) inserted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), ss. 73(3)(b), 84(3); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(c)