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The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014

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2014No. 1686

PETROLEUM

The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014

20thJune2014

2ndJuly2014

17thJuly2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998( 1), makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 17th July 2014.

(2) In these Regulations-

"landward area" means an area which lies on the landward side of lines drawn in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1;

"landward petroleum exploration licence" means a licence to search for petroleum in a landward area; and

"petroleum exploration and development licence" means a licence to search and bore for, and get, petroleum in a landward area.

Model Clauses

2. (1) For the purposes of section 4(1)(e) of the Petroleum Act 1998-

(a) the model clauses prescribed for petroleum exploration and development licences are those set out in Schedule 2; and(b) the model clauses prescribed for landward petroleum exploration licences are those set out in Schedule 3.

(2) The model clauses prescribed for petroleum exploration and development licences by regulation 3(7) and (8) of, and Schedules 6 and 7 to, the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004( 2) do not apply in relation to any licence granted on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.

Michael Fallon

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Energy and Climate Change

20th June 2014

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 1

Lines dividing Landward Areas from Seaward Areas

1. Except as provided by paragraphs 2 to 5, the line dividing-

(a) the mainland of Great Britain and the islands adjacent thereto (other than the Orkney and Shetland Islands) and the waters adjacent to the mainland and such islands, to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as landward areas, from(b) the islands and waters to be treated for such purposes as seaward areas,

is the low water line along the coast of the mainland of Great Britain, the Isle of Wight, Anglesey and Holy Island.

2. The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas at the estuaries, rivers, harbours, bays and other places specified in the second column of Table 1 of this Schedule are straight lines drawn between the pairs of points identified by the map references respectively specified in the third column of that Table, each such point being a point situated on the low water line on or adjacent to the feature respectively named in the fourth column of that Table.

3. The lines dividing landward area from seaward areas between Cape Wrath and the Mull of Kintyre shall be a series of straight lines drawn so as to join successively, in the order in which they are there set out, the points identified by the map references specified in the second column of Table 2 of this Schedule, each such point being a point situated on the low water line on or adjacent to the feature, if any, named in the third column of that Table.

4. The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas in the vicinity of the Pentland Firth and the Orkney Islands are-

(a) a straight line drawn from the map reference point ND 310753, being a point situated on the low water line on or adjacent to the feature known as St John's Point, to the map reference point ND 289809;(b) from the map reference point ND 289809, a line running clockwise parallel with, and three nautical miles seaward of, the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the Orkney Islands is measured to the map reference point ND 459711; and(c) a straight line from the map reference point ND 459711 to the map reference point ND 407734, being a point situated on the low water line on or adjacent to the feature known as Duncansby Head.

5. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 4, the lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas at the mouths of rivers or estuaries are straight lines joining the points on the low water lines at either side of each such mouth.

6. The line dividing the Shetland Islands and the waters adjacent thereto to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as landward areas from the areas to be treated for such purposes as seaward areas is a line parallel with, and three nautical miles seaward of, the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to those Islands is measured; except that Foula and Fair Isle and the waters adjacent to them are to be treated as seaward areas.

7. In this Schedule the expression "low water line" means the line so marked on the Ordnance Survey maps on a scale of 1:25,000 in the edition for the areas to which they respectively relate last published prior to the date on which these Regulations are made, and any reference to a map reference point means a reference to a point having that map reference on the National Grid for those Ordnance Survey maps.

Table 1

Points at Mouths of Specified Estuaries and Other Indentations of the Coast

Name of estuary or other indentation

National Grid Reference

Name of Feature

1

Firth of Clyde

NR 716074

Cove Point

NR 718046

Sanda Island (Black Point)

NR 725037

Sanda Island Lighthouse

NW 962695

Laggen Hill

2

Wigtown Bay

NX 494464

Eggerness Point

NX 546513

Ringdoo Point

3

Solway Firth

NX 653432

Fox Craig (Meikle Ross)

NX 943134

St Bees Head

4

Duddon Sands

SD 130763

Haverigg Point

SD 168685

Mill Scar

5

Morecambe Bay

SD 220612

Hilpsford Point

SD 304490

Rossall Point

6

River Ribble

SD 286250

Salter's Bank

SD 300202

Horse Bank

7

Liverpool Bay

SD 262052

Formby Point

SJ 131855

Point of Ayr

8

Beaumaris Bay

SH 744786

Penmaenbach Point

SH 641815

Trwyn Du

9

Holyhead Harbour

SH 281849

Twyn Cliperau

SH 257847

Breakwater Head

10

Cymyran Bay

SH 294750

Traeth Llydan

SH 297748

Traeth Cymyran

11

Llanddwyn Bay

SH 386623

Llanddwyn Island

SH 429585

Morfa Dinlleu

12

Milford Haven

SM 819036

West Blockhouse Point

SM 840027

Rat Island

13

Carmarthen Bay

SN 309062

Laugharne Sands

SS 397926

Burry Holms

14

Bristol Channel

ST 311806

West Usk Lighthouse

ST 303627

Birnbeck Island

15

Padstow Bay

SW 925785

Shag Rock

SW 915787

Stepper Point

16

Falmouth Harbour

SW 827315

Pendenis Point

SW 845311

St Anthony Head

17

Plymouth Sound

SX 443486

Penlee Point

SX 490486

Renney Rocks

18

Salcombe River

SX 725359

Bolt Head

SX 766355

Gammon Head

19

Solent (west side)

SZ 319897

Hurst Castle

SZ 292849

Needles Point

20

Solent (east side)

SZ 663876

Foreland

SZ 684990

Fort Cumberland (Eastney Point)

21

Thames Estuary

TR 227694

Reculver

TM 174142

Clacton-on-Sea

22

Harwich Harbour

TM 268244

The Naze

TM 283311

Landguard Point

23

The Wash

TF 701452

Gore Point

TF 565571

Gibraltar Point

24

River Humber

TA 374048

Northcoates Point

TA 397104

Spurn Head

25

Holy Island Harbour (Lindisfarne)

NU 137403

Parton Shiel

NU 141415

Castle Point

26

Firth of Forth

NT 496864

Eyebroughy

NT 496993

Elie Ness

27

Firth of Tay

NO 538159

Kinkell Ness

NO 546302

Buddon Ness

28

Moray Firth

NH 807587

Whiteness Head

NH 812670

Sutors Stacks

NH 813686

North Sutor

29

Dornoch Firth

NH 815857

Whiteness

NH 809871

Dornoch Point

30

Tongue Bay

NC 641638

Port an t-Strathain

NC 572663

Geodh' an Fhuarain

31

Loch Eriboll

NC 502687

Whiten Head

NC 392719

Faraid Head

32

Kyle of Durness

NC 392719

Faraid Head

NC 349717

A'Ghoil

Table 2

Points between Cape Wrath and the Mull of Kintyre

National Grid Reference

Name of Feature

1

NC 257748

Cape Wrath

2

NB 519669

Lith Sgeir

3

NB 472634

Dell Rock

4

NB 186451

Tiumpan

5

NB 142442

Mas Sgeir

6

NB 115435

Stac nam Balg

7

NB 048399

Sgeir Gallen

8

NB 036382

Gallen Beag

9

NA 993324

Eilean Molach

10

NA 873118

Gasker

11

NB 594809

Haskeir Eagach

12

NF 572646

Huskeiran

13

NF 707301

Rudha Ardvule

14

NF 646049

Greian Head

15

NL 620988

-

16

NL 614979

Ard a'Chaolais

17

NL 606963

Biruaslum

18

NL 549843

Guarsay Mor

19

NL 542819

Sron an Duin

20

NL 546803

Skate Point

21

NL 840262

Skerryvore

22

NM 121031

Dubh Artach

23

NR 151538

Frenchman's Rocks

24

NR 162510

An Coire

25

NR 268414

Mull of Oa

26

NR 589071

Mull of Kintyre

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 2(1)(a)

Model clauses for petroleum exploration and development licences

Interpretation

1. (1) In this Licence the following expressions have the following meanings-

"the Act" means the Petroleum Act 1998;

"Block" means an area comprised in this licence which is delineated on the reference map deposited at the office of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, London, SW1;

"Development Area" means a Development Area described in an approval notice under clause 19(2)(a)of this licence or, where appropriate, a notice approving an amendment to a Development Area under clause 19(5)of this licence;

"Development Scheme" has the meaning given to it in clause 28;

"Half Year" means the period from 1st January to 30th June in any year and the period from 1st July to 31st December in any year;

"Initial Term" means the period specified as such in Schedule 5 to this licence;

"the Licensed Area" means the area for the time being in which the Licensee may exercise the rights granted by this licence;

"the Licensee" means the person or persons to whom this licence is granted (specified as such in Schedule 4 to this Licence), his personal representatives and any person or persons to whom the rights conferred by this licence may lawfully have been assigned;

"the Minister" means the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change;

"Methane Drainage Licence" means a licence to get natural gas in the course of operations for making and keeping safe mines whether or not disused;

"Oil Field" has the meaning given to it in clause 28;

"Petroleum" includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural...

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