Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17)

Part IV U.K. Abandonment of offshore installations

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 4 (ss.29-45): power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 4(1)(b) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789 art. 2

45 Interpretation of Part IV. U.K.

In this Part of this Act—

• “abandonment programme” has the meaning given by section 29;

• “foreign sector of the continental shelf” has the meaning given by section 48(1);

• “offshore installation” has the meaning given by section 44;

• “relevant waters” has the meaning given by section 44(4);

• “submarine pipeline” means a pipeline within the meaning of section 26 which is in, under or over waters in—

  (a)

  the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom; or

  (b)

  an area designated under section 1(7) of the M1 Continental Shelf Act 1964.

Marginal Citations

M1 1964 c. 29.