Petroleum Royalties (Relief) Act 1983
Petroleum won and saved from a relevant new field shall be disregarded in determining whether any and, if so, what— are to be made as consideration for the grant of a licence to which this section applies.
payments of royalty; and
deliveries of petroleum,
This section applies to any licence granted under section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 which incorporates all or any of— including, in a case within paragraph (a) above, any licence granted after the passing of this Act.
the model clauses set out in Schedule 5 to the Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1982 (production licences for seaward areas); or
the model clauses referred to in section 19(1)(a), (d) or (e) of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (corresponding licences issued in accordance with previous legislation),
In this section “petroleum” has the same meaning as in the Part I of the Petroleum Act 1998and, subject to subsection (4) below, “relevant new field” has the meaning given in section 36 of the Finance Act 1983 (increased oil allowance for certain new fields).
If any enactment passed after the said Act of 1983 extends the meaning of relevant new field for the purposes of the said section 36 that extension shall also have effect for the purposes of this section.
This Act may be cited as the Petroleum Royalties (Relief) Act 1983.
This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
This Act does not extent to Northern Ireland.