| Guvnor

Enforced by: NSTA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Licence Holder14

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Licence Holder — also bound by 225 other Acts

Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999 318 duties

The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004 123 duties

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 83 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 68 duties

The Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1991 65 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.006 Provision of contact details to Minister Regulated

Provide contact details for official documents and update the Minister on changesLicence Holder

s.007 Payment of consideration for licence Regulated

Pay licence consideration as per Schedule 3Licence Holder

s.008 Commencement, abandonment and plugging of Wells Regulated

Obtain consent for well operations and plug wells as requiredLicence Holder

s.009 Avoidance of harmful methods of working Regulated

Maintain equipment and prevent harmful operationsLicence Holder

s.010 Fishing and navigation Regulated

Do not unjustifiably interfere with navigation, fishing or marine conservationLicence Holder

s.011 Licensee to keep records Regulated

Keep accurate drilling records and geological plans, and deliver copies on requestLicence Holder

s.012 Returns Regulated

Submit monthly and annual progress returns to the NSTALicence Holder

s.013 Licensee to keep samples Regulated

Preserve and manage well samples for five yearsLicence Holder

s.014 Reports to be treated as confidential Regulated

Supply required data at your own expenseLicence Holder

s.015 Inspection of records Regulated

Allow government inspection of your records and provide assistanceLicence Holder

s.018 Indemnity against third-party claims Regulated

Indemnify the Minister against third-party claimsLicence Holder

s.019 No transfer, assignment or sub-licence Regulated

Do not transfer, assign or sub-licence your offshore exploration licenceLicence Holder

s.023 Ministry of Defence Regulated

Notify Ministry of Defence of installation movements and seismic surveys, and install underwater sonar beaconsLicence Holder

s.024 Relationship with fishing industry Regulated

Appoint fisheries liaison officer and manage fishing industry relationshipsLicence Holder

13 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.001 Interpretation

s.002 Model clauses

s.002 Grant of Licence

s.003 The model clauses prescribed by regulation 3(2) of, and Schedule...

s.003 Prospecting methods

s.004 Term of licence

s.005 Right of Licensee to terminate licence

s.016 Rights of access

s.017 Power to execute works

s.020 Power of revocation

s.021 Power of partial revocation

s.022 Arbitration

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

The Offshore Exploration (Petroleum, and Gas Storage and Unloading) (Model Clauses) Regulations 2009

Does it bind you?

Other Acts binding the same actors

What it requires