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.