The Petroleum Licensing (Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2018

Fixed fees payable for other consents

6.—(1) A licensee who applies to the Welsh Ministers for consent to an activity or matter listed in the first column of Table 2 must pay the corresponding fee in the second column of that table.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the fee payable under paragraph (1) must be paid at the time of making the application, unless the Welsh Ministers notify the licensee that the fee may be paid at a later date.

(3) In relation to the activities listed in paragraph (4), the fee payable under paragraph (1) must be paid within 30 days of the Welsh Ministers notifying the licensee of the determination of the application unless the Welsh Ministers notify the licensee that the fee may be paid at a later date.

(4) The activities are—

(a) an application for consent to extend the initial, second or final term of a petroleum licence;

(b) an application for consent to amend a work programme.

Table 2

Activity or matter requiring consent	Fee payable
Drilling a primary well	£729
Drilling a sidetrack well branching off from the principal well to a target location different from that of the principal well	£596
Fitting or refitting equipment in a well for the purpose of enabling hydrocarbon production or injection	£566
Getting petroleum from a licensed area	£1,052
Varying a consent to get petroleum from a licensed area	£1,052
Flaring or venting petroleum from a well	£765
Varying a consent to flare or vent petroleum from a well	£765
Well suspension	£596
Putting back into use any well subject to a well suspension	£566
Abandoning a well permanently	£566
Changing the licensee of a petroleum licence	£401
Changing the beneficiary of rights granted by a petroleum licence	£401
Appointing an operator under a petroleum licence	£1,201
Extending the initial, second or final term of a petroleum licence	£1,000
Amending a work programme	£1,000