The Energy Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2017

Made: 26th September 2017

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(3) and 84(4) of the Energy Act 2016[^f00001].

Citation

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2017.

Provisions coming into force on 21st October 2017

2

Sections 30 to 36 of the Energy Act 2016, so far as they are not already in force, come into force on 21st October 2017.

Transitory provision

3

Notwithstanding the commencement of section 31(8) of the Energy Act 2016, the requirement imposed by section 31(2)(a) of that Act is not sanctionable in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 2 of that Act before 12th November 2017.

Signed

Richard Harrington — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy — 26th September 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations bring the remaining provisions of the Energy Act 2016 into force.

The commenced provisions relate to the appointment of information and samples coordinators, and to the preparation and agreement of information and samples plans in relation to the transfer, expiry, revocation or surrender of rights under an offshore licence, and provide a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal on prescribed grounds against the preparation by the Oil and Gas Authority of an information and samples plan.

Regulation 3 provides that the sanction for failure to agree an information and samples plan in advance of a licence event does not apply before 12th November 2017.

An impact assessment of the effect that the Act will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector has been produced, and a copy is available at www.legislation.gov.uk. No separate impact assessment has been produced for this instrument.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2016 c.20.