In this Part—

• “current strategy”, in relation to any particular time, means a strategy under section 9A(2) in force at that time;

• “operator under a petroleum licence” means a person who is responsible for organising or supervising any of the operations of searching for, boring for, or getting UK petroleum in pursuance of the petroleum licence;

• “owner”, in relation to upstream petroleum infrastructure, has the meaning given in section 9H;

• “petroleum” has meaning given in section 1;

• “petroleum licence” means a licence granted under—

  1. a

     section 3 of this Act, or

  2. b

     section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934;

• “principal objective” has the meaning given in section 9A;

• “relevant UK waters” means—

  1. a

     the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, and

  2. b

     the sea in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964;

• “UK petroleum” means petroleum which for the time being exists in its natural condition in strata beneath relevant UK waters;

• “upstream petroleum infrastructure” has the meaning given in section 9H.