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Energy Act 2004

Energy Act 2004

2004 CHAPTER 20

Commentary on Sections

Part 2: Sustainability and Renewable Energy Sources

Chapter 3: Decommissioning of Offshore Installations
Sections 106 and 107: Approval of decommissioning programmes and failure to submit or rejection of decommissioning programmes

267.These sections set out a process for the approval of decommissioning programmes by the Secretary of State and provide for situations where either the person responsible for submitting the programme fails to do so or the programme which is submitted is considered by the Secretary of State to be inadequate and is rejected. In these latter two cases the Secretary of State has the power to prepare himself a suitable decommissioning programme and recover costs from the responsible person.

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