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Petroleum won and saved from any relevant Southern Basin or onshore field or relevant onshore area shall be disregarded in determining whether any and, if so, what— are to be made in relation to chargeable periods ending after 30th June 1988 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 the case of any licence which incorporates all or any of the model clauses set out in Schedule 4 or 5 to the 1984 Regulations or in Schedule 4 to the 1988 Regulations, any licence granted after the passing of this Act.
the model clauses listed in Part I of the Schedule to this Act (model clauses for production licences for seaward areas); or
the 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),
For the purposes of this section— and “onshore” has the same meaning as “landward” (in the expression “landward areas”) in the regulations specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Act and “petroleum” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Petroleum Act 1998.
“relevant Southern Basin or onshore field” means an oil field (within the meaning of Part I of the Oil Taxation Act 1975) other than one—
which is a relevant new field for the purposes of section 36 of the Finance Act 1983 (allowance for fields in seaward areas other than the North Sea Southern Basin having no development consent granted or development programme served or approved before 1st April 1982); or
for any part of which consent for development was granted to the licensee by the Secretary of State before 1st April 1982; or
for 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 determining, in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (3) above, whether an oil field (in this subsection referred to as “the field in question”) is a relevant Southern Basin or onshore field, no account shall be taken of a consent for development granted before 1st April 1982 or a programme of development served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State before that date if—
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; and
on 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.
In subsections (3) and (4) above “development” means— and consent for development does not include consent which is limited to the purpose of testing the characteristics of an oil-bearing area and does not relate to the erection or carrying out of permanent works.
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; or
winning oil from the field or area, as the case may be, otherwise than in the course of searching for oil or drilling wells;
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.
Section 1 of the Petroleum Royalties (Relief) Act 1983 (royalty exemption for petroleum from certain new offshore fields) shall apply to any licence granted under section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 which incorporates all or any of the model clauses set out in Schedule 4 to the Petroleum (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 1988 (production licences for seaward areas) as it applies to licences so granted which incorporate all or any of the model clauses specified in subsection (2) of that section, including any licence granted after the passing of this Act.
This section applies in relation to the agreement made between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of the Republic of Ireland as to the respective rights of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in relation to the continental shelf adjacent to the two countries and signed at Dublin on behalf of those Governments on 7th November 1988.
Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, make such provision amending the Continental Shelf (Designation of Additional Areas) Order 1971 and the Continental Shelf (Designation of Additional Areas) Order 1974 made under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (designating areas to the west of Scotland) as appears to Her to be necessary to give effect to the said Agreement.
This Act may be cited as the Petroleum Royalties (Relief) and Continental Shelf Act 1989.
Sections 1 and 2 of this Act do not extend to Northern Ireland.
Section 1(2).
The model clauses referred to in section 1(2)(a) are the following—
The model clauses set out in Part II of Schedule 2 to the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975.
The model clauses set out in Part II of Schedule 2 to the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 5 to the Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1976, as originally made or as amended by the Petroleum (Production) (Amendment) Regulations 1978.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 5 to the Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1976, as originally made or as amended by the Petroleum (Production) (Amendment) Regulations 1978.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 5 to the said Regulations of 1976 as amended by the said Regulations of 1978 and by the Petroleum (Production) (Amendment) Regulations 1980.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 5 to the said Regulations of 1976 as amended by the said Regulations of 1978 and by the Petroleum (Production) (Amendment) Regulations 1980.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 5 to the Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1982 as originally made or as amended by section 18 of and Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Act 1987.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 5 to the Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1982 as originally made or as amended by section 18 of and Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Act 1987.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 4 to the Petroleum (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 1988.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 4 to the Petroleum (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 1988.
The model clauses referred to in section 1(2)(b) are the following—
The model clauses set out in Part II of Schedule 3 to the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 4 to the Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1976.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 4 to the Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1982.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 4 to the Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1984 as originally made or as amended by section 18 of and Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Act 1987.
The model clauses set out in Schedule 5 to the said Regulations of 1984 as originally made or as amended by section 18 of and Schedule 2 to the Petroleum Act 1987.