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Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Oil

    1. The British National Oil Corporation

      1. 1.Oil Corporation's powers of disposal

      2. 2.Provisions supplementary to section 1

      3. 3.Powers of Secretary of State as respects disposals by Oil Corporation

      4. 4.New financial structure of Oil Corporation

      5. 5.Payments by Oil Corporation to Secretary of State

      6. 6.Grants by Secretary of State to Oil Corporation

      7. 7.Borrowing powers etc. of Oil Corporation

    2. The National Oil Account

      1. 8.Abolition of the National Oil Account

  3. PART II Gas

    1. The British Gas Corporation

      1. 9.Gas Corporation's powers of disposal

      2. 10.Provisions supplementary to section 9

      3. 11.Powers of Secretary of State as respects disposals by Gas Corporation

    2. Supply of gas by persons other than Gas Corporation

      1. 12.Supply of gas by other persons

      2. 13.Standards of quality

      3. 14.Safety regulations

    3. Use by other persons of pipe-lines belonging to Gas Corporation

      1. 15.Construction of pipe-lines by Gas Corporation

      2. 16.Increase of capacity etc. of pipe-lines belonging to Gas Corporation

      3. 17.Acquisition of rights to use pipe-lines belonging to Gas Corporation

  4. PART III Petroleum Licences

    1. 18.Amendment of enabling powers etc.

    2. 19.Modification of model clauses in existing licences

    3. 20.Modification of model clauses for incorporation in future licences

  5. PART IV Offshore Activities

    1. 21.Safety zones around installations

    2. 22.Application of criminal law etc.

    3. 23.Application of civil law

    4. 24.Extended meaning of " offshore installation " in the 1971 Act

    5. 25.Extended meaning of " pipe-line " etc. in the 1975 Act

    6. 26.Extended application of the Offshore Petroleum Development (Scotland) Act 1975

    7. 27.Prosecutions

    8. 28.Interpretation of Part IV

  6. PART V Miscellaneous and General

    1. 29.Northern Ireland and Isle of Man shares of petroleum revenue

    2. 30.Payments to petroleum production licence holders etc.

    3. 31.Participation agreements as respects onshore petroleum

    4. 32.Provisions as to regulations, orders etc.

    5. 33.Stamp duty

    6. 34.Application of Trustee Investments Act 1961

    7. 35.Financial provisions

    8. 36.General interpretation

    9. 37.Amendments and repeals

    10. 38.Short title, commencement and extent

  7. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Provisions as to Transfers of Property, Rights and Liabilities

      1. Allocation of property, rights and liabilities

        1. 1.(1) The provisions of this paragraph and paragraph 2 below...

        2. 2.(1) It shall be the duty of the transferor and...

      2. Rights and liabilities under contracts of employment

        1. 3.(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect where...

      3. Right to production of documents of title

        1. 4.Where on any transfer to which this Schedule applies the...

      4. Perfection of vesting of certain property or rights

        1. 5.Where in the case of any transfer to which this...

      5. Proof of title by certificate

        1. 6.In the case of any transfer to which this Schedule...

      6. Restrictions on dealing with certain land

        1. 7.If the Secretary of State is satisfied on the representation...

      7. Construction of agreements, licences, statutory provisions and documents

        1. 8.(1) This paragraph applies where in the case of any...

        2. 9.Except as otherwise provided in any provision of this Act...

        3. 10.Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of paragraphs...

        4. 11.The provisions of paragraphs 8 to 10 above shall have...

      8. Third parties affected by vesting provisions

        1. 12.(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 8 to...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Petroleum Production Licences : Modification of Model Clauses

      1. Part 11 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act

        1. 1.(1) In paragraph (1) of clause 9 of the model...

      2. Part II of Schedule 3 to the 1975 Act

        1. 2.(1) In paragraph (6) of clause 10 of the model...

      3. Schedule 4 to the 1976 Regulations

        1. 3.(1) In paragraph (6) of clause 10 of the model...

      4. Schedule 5 to the 1976 Regulations as originally made or as amended by the 1978 Regulations

        1. 4.(1) In paragraph (6) of clause 10 of the model...

      5. Schedule 5 to the 1976 Regulations as amended by the 1978 and 1980 Regulations

        1. 5.(1) In paragraph (4) of clause 10 of the model...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Minor and Consequential Amendments

      1. The Continental Shelf Act 1964

        1. 1.At the end of section 1(7) of the 1964 Act...

        2. 2.In section 6 (wireless telegraphy) and section 7 (radioactive substances)...

        3. 3.In section 11(1) of that Act for the words from...

        4. 4.After section 11 of that Act there shall be inserted...

      2. The General Rate Act 1967

        1. 5.(1) In subsection (3) of section 33 of the General...

        2. 6.After that section there shall be inserted the following section—...

      3. The Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971

        1. 7.(1) In section 3(4) of the 1971 Act (construction and...

        2. 8.In sections 3(4), 4(1), 6(1) and 9(2) of that Act,...

        3. 9.In section 5(2) of that Act (masters of offshore installations,...

        4. 10.In section 6(2) of that Act (safety regulations) the word...

        5. 11.(1) In subsection (1) of section 12 of that Act...

      4. The Gas Act 1972

        1. 12.In section 7(2) of the 1972 Act (general powers of...

        2. 13.In section 24 of that Act (duty of Gas Corporation...

        3. 14.(1) After section 31 of that Act there shall be...

        4. 15.Section 30(8) of that Act (provisions as to testing and...

        5. 16.In section 45(4) of that Act (provisions as to regulations...

        6. 17.In section 48(1) of that Act (interpretation)—

        7. 18.At the end of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to...

        8. 19.In paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4 to that Act (obligation...

      5. The Local Government Act 1974

        1. 20.In Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 1974 (hereditaments...

      6. The Social Security Act 1975

        1. 21.In section 132(2) of the Social Security Act 1975 (meaning...

      7. The Oil Taxation Act 1975

        1. 22.In paragraph 2A(4) of Schedule 3 to the Oil Taxation...

      8. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975

        1. 23.After paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government...

      9. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975

        1. 24.In section 10(5) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (employment...

      10. The Employment Protection Act 1975

        1. 25.For subsection (2) of section 127 of the Employment Protection...

      11. The Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975

        1. 26.In section 1 of the 1975 Act (constitution of the...

        2. 27.In section 2 of that Act (general powers of the...

        3. 28.In section 3 of that Act (general duties of the...

        4. 29.At the beginning of subsection (2) of section 37 of...

        5. 30.In section 44 of that Act (extension of the 1971...

        6. 31.In section 45(3) of that Act (exclusion of Dumping at...

        7. 32.In section 46 of the 1975 Act (orders and regulations),...

        8. 33.In paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to that Act (constitution...

      12. The Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976

        1. 34.In section 9 of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths...

      13. The Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976

        1. 35.In section 49(3) of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act...

      14. The Race Relations Act 1976

        1. 36.In section 8(5) (employment at establishment in Great Britain) and...

      15. The Energy Act 1976

        1. 37.(1) For sections 9 to 11 of the Energy Act...

      16. The Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

        1. 38.In section 13(5) of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order...

      17. The Patents Act 1977

        1. 39.In section 132(4) of the Patents Act 1977 (application of...

      18. The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978

        1. 40.(1) For subsection (2) of section 137 of the Employment...

      19. The Wages Councils Act 1979

        1. 41.(1) For subsection (2) of section 27 of the Wages...

      20. The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982

        1. 42.In paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Jurisdiction...

        2. 43.In paragraph 10 of Schedule 9 to that Act (proceedings...

      21. The Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982

        1. 44.In section 22(3) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Repeals

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