PART 3Amendments to existing licences, transitional provision and savings
Transitional modification of the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 20149
1
This regulation applies until the Scottish Ministers exercise section 4(1)(e) of the Petroleum Act 1998 M1.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), in relation to any licence granted by the Scottish Ministers under section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998, the 2014 Regulations have effect as if they had been made by the Scottish Ministers.
3
Paragraph (2) does not apply for the purposes of regulation 2(1A) and Schedules 2A and 3A as inserted by regulation 3(4), (6) and (7) of these Regulations.
4
In relation to any licence granted by the Scottish Ministers under section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998, the 2014 Regulations have effect as if—
a
regulation 1A as inserted by regulation 3(2) of these Regulations were omitted;
b
in Schedule 2—
i
in clause 1(1)—
aa
in the definition of “Block”, for the words “Aberdeen, AB10” there were substituted “Glasgow, G2 8LU, and
bb
the definition of “the OGA” were omitted;
ii
in clauses 5(1)(a) and 7(1), the words “to payment of those sums hereinafter provided for and” were omitted;
iii
in clause 6(2), the words “to payment of the sums specified in Schedule 2 and” were omitted;
iv
in clause 20(11), the reference to “OGA” were a reference to “Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State”;
F1v
the following were omitted—
aa
clause 12;
bb
clause 30(5);
cc
clauses 36 and 37;
dd
clause 41(2)(a);
ee
clause 44(4), and
vi
any other references to “the OGA” were references to “the Scottish Ministers”, and
c
in Schedule 3—
i
in clause 1(1), the definition of “the OGA” were omitted;
ii
in clause 2(1), for the words “payments provided for in clause 7” there were substituted “
the sums payable to the Oil and Gas Authority
”
;
iii
clauses 7 and 18(2)(a) were omitted;
iv
in clause 20(2)—
aa
for “arbitrator” there were substituted “
arbiter
”
, and
bb
for “the Lord Chief Justice of England” there were substituted “
the Lord President of the Court of Session
”
, and
v
clause 20(3) were omitted, and
vi
any other references to “the OGA” were references to “the Scottish Ministers”.
5
In relation to any review under regulation 3 of the 2014 Regulations, regulation 3(1)(a) has effect as if, after “Regulations” there were inserted “
, except in so far as they apply to any function exercised by the Scottish Ministers
”
.
6
In this regulation, the “2014 Regulations” means the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014.