Finance Act 1988

138 Reduced oil allowance for certain Southern Basin and onshore fields. U.K.

(1) For every relevant Southern Basin or onshore field, as defined in subsection (2) below, section 8 of the M1 Oil Taxation Act 1975 (the oil allowance) shall have effect subject to the following modifications—

(a) in subsection (2) (the amount of the allowance for each chargeable period) for “250,000 metric tonnes” there shall be substituted “ 125,000 metric tonnes ”; and

(b) in subsection (6) (the total allowance for a field) for “5 million metric tonnes” there shall be substituted “ 25 million metric tonnes ”.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, for the purposes of this section a “relevant Southern Basin or onshore field” is any oil field other than one—

(a) which is a relevant new field for the purposes of section 36 of the M2 Finance Act 1983 (increased oil allowance for certain new fields); or

(b) for any part of which consent for development was granted to the licensee by the Secretary of State before 1st April 1982; or

(c) for any part of which a programme of development was served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State before that date.

(3) In determining, in accordance with subsection (2) above, whether an oil field (in this subsection referred to as “the field in question”) is a relevant Southern Basin or onshore field, no account shall be taken of a consent for development granted before 1st April 1982 or a programme of development served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State before that date if—

(a) in whole or in part that consent or programme related to another oil field for which a determination under Schedule 1 to the M3 Oil Taxation Act 1975 was made before the determination under that Schedule for the field in question; and

(b) on or after 1st April 1982, a consent for development is or was granted or a programme of development is or was served on the licensee or approved by the [F1 OGA] and that consent or programme relates, in whole or in part, to the field in question.

(4) Subsections (4) and (5) of section 36 of the Finance M4 Act 1983 (which define “development” for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) of that section) shall apply also for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

(5) This section shall have effect in relation to chargeable periods ending after 30th June 1988.

(6) This section shall be construed as one with Part I of the M5 Oil Taxation Act 1975.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 138(3)(b) substituted (1.10.2016) by The Petroleum (Transfer of Functions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/898), regs. 1(2), 10

Marginal Citations

M1 1975 c. 22.

M2 1983 c. 28.

M3 1975 c. 22.

M4 1983 c. 28.

M5 1975 c. 22.