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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Petroleum Act 1987 (c. 12)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Petroleum Act 1987

1987 CHAPTER 12

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Abandonment of Offshore Installations

    1. 1. Preparation of programmes

    2. 2. Persons who may be required to submit programmes

    3. 3. Section 1 notices: supplementary provisions

    4. 4. Approval of programmes

    5. 5. Failure to submit programmes

    6. 6. Revision of programmes

    7. 7. Withdrawal of approval

    8. 8. Duty to carry out programmes

    9. 9. Default in carrying out programmes

    10. 10. Financial resources

    11. 11. Regulations

    12. 12. Offences: penalties

    13. 13. Offences: general

    14. 14. Validity of Secretary of State’s acts

    15. 15. Notices

    16. 16. Interpretation of Part I

  2. Part II

    Licensing

    1. 17. Existing licences

    2. 18. Future licences

    3. 19. Northern Ireland territorial waters

    4. 20. Annual reports

  3. Part III

    Miscellaneous

    1. Safety zones

      1. 21. Automatic establishment of safety zones

      2. 22. Establishment of safety zones by order

      3. 23. Safety zones: offences (E+W+S)

      4. 23. Safety zones: offences (N.I.)

      5. 24. Safety zones: supplementary (E+W+S)

      6. 24. Safety zones: supplementary (N.I.)

    2. Pipe-lines

      1. 25. Construction authorisations

      2. 26. Availability of funds

      3. 27. Compulsory acquisition of rights

    3. Refineries

      1. 28. Construction of refineries

  4. Part IV

    Supplementary

    1. 29. Expenses

    2. 30. Repeals

    3. 31. Commencement

    4. 32. Short title and extent

  5. SCHEDULE 1

    Amendment of Existing Licences

  6. SCHEDULE 2

    Amendment of Model Clauses

  7. SCHEDULE 3

    Repeals

An Act to make provision in respect of the abandonment of offshore installations and submarine pipe-lines and in respect of safety zones around offshore installations; to amend the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 and to make provision in respect of licences under that Act; to amend the law relating to pipe-lines; to repeal sections 34 to 39 of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975; and for connected purposes.

[9th April 1987]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at 9.6.1987 see s. 31; Act wholly in force at 1.9.1987.

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