SCHEDULE 4 Consequential Amendments
Petroleum Act 1998 (1998 c 17) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 4 Consequential Amendments

Section 50

The Mining Industry Act 1926 (c 28)

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At the end of section 23 of the Mining Industry Act 1926 (facilities to be given to National Environment Research Council) there shall be added—

“(6)     In subsection (1) above, the expression “minerals†includes petroleum within the meaning of Part I of the Petroleum Act 1998.â€.

The Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c 29)

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(1)     The Continental Shelf Act 1964 shall be amended as follows.

(2)     In section 1 (exploration and exploitation of continental shelf), subsection (3) and, in subsection (8), the words from “and “petroleumâ€â€ to the end shall be omitted.

(3)     In . . . section 7 (radioactive substances) for “section 23 of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982†there shall be substituted “section 11 of the Petroleum Act 1998â€.

(4)     At the end of section 8 (submarine cables and pipe-lines) there shall be added—

“(1A)     It is hereby declared that the reference in subsection (1) of this section to pipe-lines under the high seas includes pipe-lines under the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom.â€.

The Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1968 (c 75)

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In section 2 of the Miscellaneous

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