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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Amendments relating to Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 1

Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17)

10In section 30 (persons who may be required to submit programmes)—

(a)for subsection (5)(a) substitute—

(a)the person has the right—

(i)to exploit or explore mineral resources in any area,

(ii)to unload, store or recover gas in any area or to convert any natural feature in any area for the purpose of storing gas, or

(iii)to explore any area with a view to, or in connection with, the exercise of a right within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii), and,

(b)in subsection (6), for paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)the exploitation or exploration of mineral resources in the exercise of the right mentioned in subsection (5)(a);

(aa)the unloading, storage or recovery of gas in the exercise of that right;

(ab)the conversion, in the exercise of that right, of any natural feature for the purpose of storing gas;

(ac)the exploration in exercise of that right with a view to, or in connection with, the exercise of a right within subsection (5)(a)(ii);, and

(c)in paragraph (c) of that subsection, for “or (b)” substitute “to (b)”.