Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975

17 Modification of model clauses for incorporation in petroleum production licences

(1) The model clauses set out in Schedule 4 to the [S.I. 1966/898.] Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1966 as amended by the [S.I. 1971/814.] Petroleum (Production) (Amendment) Regulations 1971 (which are clauses relating to production licences for seaward areas within the meaning of the regulations) shall have effect subject to the provisions of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act; and in accordance with the preceding provisions of this subsection the said Schedule 4 shall have effect, after the coming into force of this subsection and the said Schedule 2, as set out in Part II of the said Schedule 2 (which reproduces the said Schedule 4 as further amended by the said Part I and with consequential adjustments in the numbering of the model clauses).

(2) The model clauses set out in Schedule 3 to the Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1966 as amended by the [S.I. 1972/1522.] Petroleum (Production) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (which are clauses relating to production licences for landward areas within the meaning of the regulations) shall have effect subject to the provisions of Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act; and in accordance with the preceding provisions of this subsection Schedule 3 to the said Regulations of 1966 shall have effect, after the coming into force of this subsection and Schedule 3 to this Act, as set out in Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act (which reproduces Schedule 3 to the said Regulations as further amended by the said Part I and with consequential adjustments in the numbering and side-notes of the model clauses).

(3) It is hereby declared that the provisions of the Schedule 4 set out in Part II of Schedule 2 to this Act and the provisions of the Schedule 3 set out in Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act may be varied, revoked, modified or excluded as if those provisions were contained in regulations in force by virtue of section 6 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934.