Petroleum Royalties (Relief) and Continental Shelf Act 1989

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1989 c. 1
Year1989
payments of royalty; anddeliveries of petroleum,the model clauses listed in Part I of the Schedule to this Act (model clauses for production licences for seaward areas) ; orthe model clauses listed in Part II of the Schedule to this Act (model clauses for production licences, appraisal licences and development licences for landward areas) ,which is a relevant new field for the purposes of section 36 of the for any part of which consent for development was granted to the licensee by the Secretary of State before 1st April 1982; orfor any part of which a programme of development was served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State before that date;relevant onshore area” means any onshore area for which a licence has been granted under section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 which incorporates all or any of the model clauses listed in Part II of the Schedule to this Act other than so much of such a licensed area as is or forms part of an onshore field (within the meaning of the definition in paragraph (a) above disregarding the exclusions) ;in whole or in part that consent or programme related to another oil field for which a determination under Schedule 1 to the Oil Taxation Act 1975 was made before the determination under that Schedule for the field in question; andon or after 1st April 1982, a consent for development is or was granted or a programme of development is or was served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State and that consent or programme relates, in whole or in part, to the field in question.the erection or carrying out of permanent works for the purpose of getting oil from the field or area, as the case may be, or for the purpose of conveying oil won from it to a place on land; orwinning oil from the field or area, as the case may be, otherwise than in the course of searching for oil or drilling wells;(6) In subsection (5) above “permanent works” means any structures or other works whatsoever which are intended by the licensee to be permanent and are neither designed to be moved from place to place without major dismantling nor intended by the licensee to be used only for searching for oil.
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