The
Pipe-lines, Petroleum, Electricity
Works and Oil Stocking (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit)
Regulations 2018
Sift requirements satisfied 29th November 2018
Laid before Parliament 10th December 2018
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal)
Act 2018 (c.16) in
order to address failures of retained EU law to operate
effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under section
8(2)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (g)) arising from the withdrawal of
the United Kingdom from the European Union.
These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the fields of
hydrocarbon licensing, oil stocking and the assessment of
environmental effects for electricity works, pipe-lines and oil
and gas projects.
These Regulations amend—
(a)the Hydrocarbon Licensing Directive
Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1434);
(b)the Offshore Petroleum Production and
Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999
(S.I. 1999/360);
(c)the Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line
Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999
(S.I.
1999/1672);
(d)the Pipe-line Works (Environmental
Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1928);
(e)the Hydrocarbons Licensing Directive
Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/170);
(f)the Oil Stocking Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2862);
(g)the Offshore Combustion Installations
(Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/971);
(h)the Petroleum Licensing (Applications)
Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/766); and
(i)the Electricity Works (Environmental
Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017
(S.I. 2017/580).
