http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1754/regulation/3/made

The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001

Nature conservation

Fossil fuels

Mineral extraction, mining, quarrying

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2015-04-24

PETROLEUM

These Regulations implement Council Directive 92/43 of May 21, 1992 (O.J. 1992, L206/7) on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and Council Directive 79/409 of April 2, 1979 (O.J. 1979, L103/1) on the conservation of wild birds, in relation to oil and gas activities carried out wholly or partly on the UK continental shelf.