Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1999/360
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 14th March 1999.(2) Nothing in these Regulations shall apply to anything done pursuant to a consent or approval granted or relevant requirement imposed prior to 30th April 1998 or to the use of a floating installation where such use commenced prior to that date.(1) In this regulation “the 1998 Regulations" means the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1998 .(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, the 1998 Regulations are hereby revoked.(3) The 1998 Regulations shall continue to apply to any application for a consent received by the Secretary of State prior to the coming into force of these Regulations.(4) Any reference in these Regulations to a consent or approval granted or relevant requirement imposed pursuant to these Regulations shall include a reference to any consent or approval granted or relevant requirement imposed pursuant to the 1998 Regulations regardless of whether such grant or imposition took place before or after the coming into force of these Regulations.(1) In these Regulations–(2) References in these Regulations to a project being in a particular area include, unless the context otherwise requires, references to a project proposed to be carried out in that area, a project which is in the course of being carried out in that area and a project which has been carried out in that area.(1) The Secretary of State shall not grant any licence which does not require the licensee to obtain the prior consent of the Secretary of State to the operations to which paragraph (2) below applies.the commencement or re-commencement of the drilling of any well;the extraction of petroleum (otherwise than as a by-product of the drilling or the testing of any well) where the amount extracted exceeds 500 tonnes per day in the case of oil and 500,000 cubic metres per day in the case of gas; orthe erection of any structure in connection with a development.(3) The Secretary of State shall not exercise any power conferred on him to vary the terms of a licence so as to relieve the licensee of any requirement to obtain the consent of the Secretary of State to any of the operations to which paragraph (2) above applies.use a floating installation in connection with a relevant project comprising a development; oruse any mobile installation for the extraction of petroleum where the principal purpose of the extraction is the testing of any well.accompanied by an environmental statement in respect of the relevant project in question; orthe subject of a direction given under regulation 6 below (provision as to directions that no environmental statement need be prepared) .the consent to be renewed or extended is a consent to the getting of more than 500 tonnes per day of oil or 500,000 cubic metres per day of gas; andby reference to the rate at which production is permitted or, as the case may be, was last permitted, the daily rate of production would not be increased by more than 1,500 tonnes of oil or 2.5 million cubic metres of gas or in either case by more than 20 per cent. whichever would be less; orthe construction of a pipe-line or the extension of an existing pipe-line where no part of the pipe-line to be constructed or the extension would extend more than 500 metres from a well or any part of a fixed installation to which that pipe-line would be directly or indirectly attached,(3) Where the Secretary of State receives an application for a consent in respect of a relevant project to which paragraph (2) above applies, the undertaker in question shall provide the Secretary of State with such information as he may require regarding that application.is satisfied that the requirements of regulations 9 and 10 below (requirements as to consultation and publicity) have been substantially met; andthe environmental statement;any information in respect of that relevant project of the kind referred to in regulation 10(2) below (information omitted from environmental statement) ;the representations of any environmental authority to which a copy of that statement was required to be sent pursuant to these Regulations; andany opinions expressed by the public.he is satisfied that the requirements of regulation 12(1) and (2) below (projects affecting other States) have been complied with;he has communicated to that member State the response that he proposes to make to the application for consent (including information as to any measures envisaged to reduce or eliminate any trans-boundary effects of the project) ;the member State has been consulted regarding the application for consent and arrangements for consulting persons in that member State (including any authorities likely to be interested in the relevant project in question by virtue of their particular environmental responsibilities) ;a reasonable time has been allowed for the consultation of the persons referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (i) above and for any representations made by them regarding the relevant project to be forwarded to the Secretary of State; andany timetable agreed with that member State regarding consultation with the persons referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (i) above has been observed; andhe has taken into consideration any representations made by the member State, members of the public and authorities in that member State and any

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