These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under section 8(2)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (g)) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the fields of hydrocarbon licensing, oil stocking and the assessment of environmental effects for electricity works, pipe-lines and oil and gas projects.
These Regulations amend—
the Hydrocarbon Licensing Directive Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1434);
the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/360);
the Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1672);
the Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1928);
the Hydrocarbons Licensing Directive Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/170);
the Oil Stocking Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2862);
the Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/971);
the Petroleum Licensing (Applications) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/766); and
the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/580).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.