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The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

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16.  After regulation 11 (registry) insert—

Provision of information to the Secretary of State

11A.(1) A person who discharges or releases oil shall provide the Secretary of State with such information as the Secretary of State may reasonably require for the purpose of performing the Secretary of State’s functions under these Regulations.

(2) The permit holder or, if there is no permit holder, the operator shall without delay provide the Secretary of State with information, in such form and in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct, of—

(a)an incident resulting in a discharge of oil save in accordance with the terms of, or conditions attached to, a permit;

(b)an incident resulting in a release; or

(c)any other incident involving oil where there has been, or may be, any significant effect on the environment by means of pollution.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation “effect” includes any direct, indirect, secondary, cumulative, short, medium or long-term, permanent or temporary, or positive or negative effect.

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