Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17)

[F1 PART 1A U.K. Maximising economic recovery of UK petroleum

Extent Information

E1 Pt. 1A extended (N.I.) (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), ss. 74(1), 84(3); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(c)

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 1A inserted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 41, 57(7)(c); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(b)

[F2 9BA Exercise of certain functions of the Secretary of State U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State must act in accordance with the current strategy or strategies when exercising the functions mentioned in subsection (2).

(2) Those functions are functions under Part 4 to the extent that they concern reduction of the costs of abandonment of offshore installations and submarine pipelines (including the reduction of such costs by means of the timing of measures proposed in abandonment programmes and by the inclusion in such programmes of provision for collaboration with other persons).]]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 9BA inserted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 9; S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)