Energy Act 2023

300 Model clauses of petroleum licences

(1) Schedule 21 amends model clauses contained in—

(a) the Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1436),

(b) the Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/160),

(c) the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/352),

(d) the Petroleum Licensing (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/225), and

(e) the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1686).

(2) Where a licence granted (or having effect as if granted) by the Oil and Gas Authority under the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 or the Petroleum Act 1998—

(a) incorporates model clauses amended by a paragraph of Schedule 21 (whether or not any provision of those model clauses is modified or excluded), and

(b) is in force immediately before that paragraph comes into force,

the licence has effect with the amendments provided for by that paragraph.

(3) The power conferred by reason of the amendment made by paragraph 70(2) of Schedule 21 to partially revoke a licence because of the occurrence of an event mentioned in model clause 41(2)(h) in Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014 may not be exercised as a result of such an event which occurred before the commencement of paragraph 70 of Schedule 21.

(4) A reference in any document to provisions of a licence which are amended by Schedule 21 is to be construed, unless the nature of the document or the context otherwise requires, as a reference to those provisions as amended.

(5) A provision inserted in a licence by virtue of Schedule 21 may be altered or deleted by deed executed by the Secretary of State and the licensee or, as respects Scotland, by an instrument subscribed or authenticated by the Secretary of State and the licensee in accordance with the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995.