3. Regulation 6 of the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005(1) is amended as follows.
(1) In regulation 6(2)(g), omit “and”.
(2) In regulation 6(2)(h)—
(a)after “release”, insert “or discharge”; and
(b)for the comma, substitute “; and”.
(3) After regulation 6(2)(h), insert—
“(i)the provision of advice in respect of—
(i)an application or potential application for the grant or renewal of a permit;
(ii)a review, or an application or potential application for a review, of a permit or the conditions to which it is subject;
(iii)a request or potential request for the Secretary of State’s consent to the transfer of a permit;
(iv)the revocation or surrender of a permit;
(v)the testing or analysis of substances;
(vi)the validating of, or of the results of, any testing or analysis of substances; and
(vii)the assessment of the effect upon the environment of the release or discharge into it of any oil,”.
(4) In regulation 6(2), after “the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (f) to (h)”, insert “and (i)(v) to (i)(vii)”.
S.I. 2005/2055; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2011/983 and S.I. 2016/912. S.I. 2005/2055 is also modified by article 9 of S.I. 2010/1513.