The Petroleum Licensing (Applications) Regulations 2015

Regulation 4(3)

SCHEDULE 3 Additional information and supporting documentation required for an application for a seaward area production licence

1.  Except where the licence applied for is a promote licence, evidence that the applicant will be able to meet the costs of any damage which may be caused by the release or escape of petroleum through drilling or production operations, including, where appropriate, evidence that the proposed operator is a member of the Offshore Pollution Liability Association Limited, or any body which may after the date upon which these Regulations come into force assume responsibility for the functions currently carried out by the Offshore Pollution Liability Association Limited.

2.  A statement of the general environmental policy of the proposed operator in respect of activities licensed in seaward areas by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998(1) together with a summary of—

(a) its management systems for the implementation of that policy, and

(b) where applicable, how those management systems will be applied to the work programme provided in accordance with paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 2.

(1)

1998 c. 17.