http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/20/section/74/enactedEnergy Act 2016enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2024-03-26 Energy Act 2016specified provision(s)The Energy Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2016reg. 2 PART 3 74 1 Part 1A of the Petroleum Act 1998 (maximising economic recovery of UK petroleum), as amended by this Act, extends to Northern Ireland (as well as to England and Wales and Scotland). 2 In that Act, for section 9H substitute— 9H 1 In this Part “upstream petroleum infrastructure” means anything that for the purposes of section 82(1) of the Energy Act 2011 is— a a relevant upstream petroleum pipeline, b a relevant oil processing facility, or c a relevant gas processing facility, if and in so far as it is used in relation to petroleum within subsection (2) (including such petroleum after it has been got). 2 Petroleum is within this subsection if it is petroleum which for the time being exists in its natural condition in strata beneath— a the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain, or b the sea in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964. 3 In this Part “owner”, in relation to upstream petroleum infrastructure, means— a a person in whom the pipeline or facility is vested; b a lessee and any person occupying or controlling the pipeline or facility; and c any person who has the right to have things conveyed by the pipeline or processed by the facility.