Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 200510
1
The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 200518 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “offshore installation”, after “Secretary of State” insert “or the Oil and Gas Authority”.
3
In regulation 5A(5)(b) (publicity for permit applications), for “Secretary of State” substitute “Oil and Gas Authority”.
4
After regulation 18 (disapplication or consequential modifications of enactments), insert—
Review18A
1
The Secretary of State must from time to time—
a
carry out a review of regulations 2 to 18(1) of these Regulations;
b
set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
c
publish the report.
2
The report must in particular—
a
set out the objectives intended to be achieved by those regulations;
b
assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved;
c
assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.
3
The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which this regulation comes into force.
4
Subsequent reports under this regulation must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.