PART 3The Oil and Gas Authority Fees

Amendment of regulation 4 of the Oil and Gas Authority (Fees) Regulations 201613

1

Regulation 4 (fees payable for consents and pipeline works authorisations) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (1)—

a

at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit “or”;

b

after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

d

amend a carbon dioxide storage permit;

e

review and amend a carbon dioxide storage monitoring plan; or

f

amend a carbon dioxide storage work programme.

3

In paragraph (2)—

a

at the end of sub-paragraph (a), omit “or”;

b

at the start of sub-paragraph (c), omit “or”;

c

after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

d

a consent to get petroleum from a licensed area;

e

a variation of a consent to get petroleum from a licensed area;

f

a consent to flare or vent petroleum from a well; or

g

a variation of a consent to flare or vent petroleum from a well.

4

In the table in paragraph (13), at the end insert—

Consent to get petroleum from a licensed area

£1,180

Variation of a consent to get petroleum from a licensed area

£1,180

Consent to flare or vent petroleum from a well

£930

Variation of a consent to flare or vent petroleum from a well

£930

5

For paragraph (15) substitute—

15

In this regulation, a “complex application” is an application of the type set out in paragraph (2) and that the OGA considers will require—

a

in the case of sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (2), more than four days for an officer to determine;

b

in the case of sub-paragraphs (d) to (g) of paragraph (2), more than two days for an officer to determine.