SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Minor and consequential amendments

Part 2Amendments relating to onshore petroleum

Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22)

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1

Section 12 of the Oil Taxation Act 1975 (interpretation of Part 1) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), in paragraph (b) of the definition of ““licensee””, for ““the OGA”” substitute

—

i

the Welsh Ministers, where the rights relate to oil in the Welsh onshore area (as defined in section 8A of the Petroleum Act 1998), or

ii

the OGA, where the rights relate to oil elsewhere,

3

In subsection (1A)(a)(ii) (authorities that can revoke licences), after ““Scottish Ministers”” insert “ , the Welsh Ministers ”.

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In Schedule 1 to that Act (determination of oil fields), in paragraph 1(2), after paragraph (ab) insert—

ac

is the Welsh Ministers if the area is such that licences can be granted by the Welsh Ministers for all of it under Part 1 of the Petroleum Act 1998;

ad

is the OGA and the Welsh Ministers acting jointly if the area is such that licences can be granted for part of it by the OGA and for part of it by the Welsh Ministers;