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Energy Bill

 

[AS AMENDED IN PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEE]

 
 

Contents

Part 1

Gas Importation and Storage

Chapter 1

Gas Importation and Storage Zones

1   

Exploitation of areas outside the territorial sea for gas importation and

storage

Chapter 2

Importation and storage of combustible gas

Activities requiring a licence

2   

Prohibition on unlicensed activities

Licensing

3   

Licences

4   

Applications

5   

Terms and conditions

6   

Model clauses

Enforcement

7   

Offence to carry on unlicensed activities

8   

Offences relating to licences

9   

Secretary of State’s power of direction

10   

Failure to comply with a direction under section 9

11   

Injunctions restraining breaches of section 2(1)

12   

Inspectors

13   

Criminal proceedings

 

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Supplementary

14   

Interaction with the petroleum licensing requirements

Interpretation

15   

Chapter 2: interpretation

Chapter 3

Storage of carbon dioxide

Activities requiring a licence

16   

Prohibition on unlicensed activities

Licensing

17   

Licences

18   

Requirements relating to grant of licences

19   

Terms and conditions

20   

Content of licences: regulations

Enforcement

21   

Offence to carry on unlicensed activities

22   

Offences relating to licences

23   

Secretary of State’s power of direction

24   

Failure to comply with a direction under section 23

25   

Injunctions restraining breaches of section 16(1)

26   

Inspectors

27   

Criminal proceedings

Registration

28   

Requirement for public register

Abandonment of offshore installations

29   

Abandonment of installations

Termination of the licence

30   

Termination of licence: regulations

Miscellaneous

31   

Safety zones

32   

Enhanced petroleum recovery: power to make orders

33   

Power of Secretary of State to transfer functions

Interpretation

34   

Chapter 3: interpretation

 
 

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Chapter 4

General provisions about gas importation and storage

35   

Chapters 2 and 3: consequential amendments

Part 2

Electricity from renewable sources

The renewables obligation

36   

The renewables obligation

37   

Section 36: supplemental provision

38   

Existing savings relating to section 32 of the Electricity Act 1989

39   

The Northern Ireland renewables obligation

Offshore electricity transmission

40   

Offshore electricity transmission

Part 3

Decommissioning of energy installations

Chapter 1

Nuclear sites: decommissioning and clean-up

Funded decommissioning programmes

41   

Duty to submit a funded decommissioning programme

42   

Approval of a programme

43   

Prohibition on use of site in absence of approved programme

Modification of approved programmes

44   

Modification of approved programme

45   

Procedure for modifying approved programme

46   

Power to disapply section 45

47   

Time when modification takes effect

Information

48   

Provision of information and documents

49   

Power to review operation of programme

Regulations and guidance

50   

Nuclear decommissioning: regulations and guidance

51   

Funded decommissioning programmes: verification of financial matters

 
 

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Protection of decommissioning funds

52   

Protection of security under approved programme

Enforcement

53   

Offence to fail to comply with approved programme

54   

Secretary of State’s power of direction

55   

Offence of further disclosure of information

56   

Offence of supplying false information

57   

Restriction on prosecutions under this Chapter

Miscellaneous

58   

Power to apply this Chapter to other nuclear installations

59   

Co-operation with other public bodies

60   

Continuity of obligations

61   

Amendment of Nuclear Installations Act 1965

General

62   

Meaning of “associated”

63   

Interpretation

Chapter 2

Offshore renewables installations

64   

Decommissioning notices relating to offshore renewable energy installations

65   

Security for decommissioning obligations

66   

Provision of information to Secretary of State

Chapter 3

Oil and gas installations

67   

Persons who may be required to submit abandonment programmes

68   

Financial resources etc

69   

Protection of abandonment funds from creditors

Chapter 4

Wells

70   

Information about decommissioning of wells

Part 4

Provisions relating to oil and gas

Petroleum licences

71   

Transfers without the consent of the Secretary of State

72   

Model clauses of petroleum licences

 
 

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Third party access

73   

Third party access to infrastructure

74   

Modification of pipelines

75   

Third party access to oil processing facilities

76   

Directions under section 75: supplemental

77   

Meaning of “associate”

Part 5

Miscellaneous

Energy reports

78   

Energy reports

Gas meters

79   

Gas meters

80   

Section 79: consequential amendments

81   

Power to amend licence conditions: gas

Electricity meters

82   

Electricity meters

83   

Section 82: consequential amendments

84   

Power to amend licence conditions: electricity

Electricity safety

85   

Electricity safety

Nuclear information

86   

Security of sensitive nuclear information

Part 6

General

87   

Offences by bodies corporate etc

88   

Subordinate legislation

89   

Parliamentary control of subordinate legislation

90   

Interpretation

91   

Minor and consequential amendments

92   

Repeals

93   

Transitional provision etc

94   

Commencement

95   

Financial provisions

96   

Extent

97   

Short title

 
 

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Schedule 1   —   

Amendments relating to Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 1

Schedule 2   —   

Property schemes

Schedule 3   —   

Petroleum licences: amendments to model clauses

Part 1   —   

Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1995

Part 2   —   

Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999

Part 3   —   

Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward

and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004

Schedule 4   —   

Minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 5   —   

Repeals

 
 

 
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