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Offshore Exploration (Petroleum and Gas Storage and Unloading) (Model Clauses) Regulations 2009

Volume 716: debated on Tuesday 5 January 2010

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To ask Her Majesty's Government in which document the Schedule 3 mentioned in clause 7(2)(a) of Schedule to the Offshore Exploration (Petroleum and Gas Storage and Unloading) (Model Clauses) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2814) can be found. [HL706]

The instrument sets out the model clauses to be incorporated into the non-exclusive licences that allow exploration of the UK's offshore area, whether for native hydrocarbons or for opportunities for gas storage. Besides incorporating those clauses, any such licence will also have a schedule that specifies the annual rental payment, and the model clause that the noble Lord asks about is referring to that schedule. The instrument does not include licence schedules but I can inform the noble Lord that the rate will be £2,000 p.a.