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Energy Act 2016 (c. 20).

País/Territorio
Reino Unido
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2016
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Título completo
An Act to make provision about the Oil and Gas Authority and its functions; to make provision about rights to use upstream petroleum infrastructure; to make provision about the abandonment of offshore installations, submarine pipelines and upstream petroleum infrastructure; to extend Part 1A of the Petroleum Act 1998 to Northern Ireland; to make provision about the disclosure of information for the purposes of international agreements; to make provision about fees in respect of activities relating to oil, gas, carbon dioxide and pipelines; to make provision about wind power; and for connected purposes.
Materia
Energía, Medio ambiente gen., Recursos minerales, Mar
Palabra clave
Conservación de energía/producción de energía Energía renovable Institución Control de la contaminación Planificación ambiental Contaminación marina Eco-productos/ecoprocesos Política/planificación Minería Gas natural Hidrocarburos Exploración
Área geográphica
Islas del Océano Atlántico, Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Atlántico Norte, Mar del Norte, Atlántico Nordeste, Europa Septentrional
Resumen

This Act contains provisions to implement recommendations on UK offshore oil and gas recovery and its regulation. The Act establishes the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) as an independent regulator (taking the form of a Government company), transfers regulatory powers and functions to it, as well as providing it with new powers. This ensures the OGA has the powers it needs to be an independent and effective regulator, and enable it to deliver on a strategy to give effect to the principal objective, defined in section 9A of the Petroleum Act 1998. The Act also enables more comprehensive charging of the offshore oil and gas industry for permits and licences for environmental and decommissioning activity. This allows Government to continue to recover the costs of its environmental and decommissioning activity in line with the ‘polluter pays’ principle. The Act makes changes so that local authorities decide whether to approve planning applications for new onshore wind farms, and brings forward the closure of the Renewables Obligation (RO) to new onshore wind in Great Britain. It also allows for provision to be made for restricting the use of renewables obligation certificates relating to new onshore wind in Northern Ireland. In relation to onshore oil and gas licensing in Scotland and Wales, the Act will respect the changing devolution position. The Secretary of State’s environmental regulatory functions in relation to oil and gas will not be transferred. The OGA will additional powers including: access to company meetings; data acquisition, retention and transfer; dispute resolution; and sanctions. The Act introduces provisions in relation to charges for the offshore oil and gas environmental regulator's services to the industry and makes legislative changes with respect to consenting of onshore wind farms (planning regime in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990).

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.opsi.gov.uk

Referencias - Legislación

Enmienda

Energy Act 2008 (2008 Cap. 32).

Legislación | Reino Unido | 2008

Palabra clave: Conservación de energía/producción de energía, Energía renovable, Transporte/depósito, Radiación, Energía nuclear, Control de la contaminación, Residuos peligrosos, Contaminación marina, Minería, Gas natural, Hidrocarburos

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Energy Act 2011 (2011 Cap. 16).

Legislación | Reino Unido | 2011

Palabra clave: Conservación de energía/producción de energía, Energía renovable, Energía nuclear, Subvención/incentivo, Contaminación marina, Cambio climático, Transporte/depósito

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX