Information on operations conducted outside of the European Union34

1

A UK-registered company conducting, itself or through a subsidiary, offshore oil and gas operations outside the European Union as a licensee, operator or well operator must report to the competent authority, on request, the circumstances of any major accident in which it or its subsidiary has been involved.

2

The details of the information to go in the report must be specified by the competent authority in the request.

3

In paragraph (1)—

  • “subsidiary” has the meaning given in section 1159 of the Companies Act 200631;

  • “UK-registered company” has the meaning given in section 1158 of the Companies Act 2006.