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Long title | 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. |
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Citation | 2016 c. 20 |
Introduced by | Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Commons) Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Lords) |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 12 May 2016 |
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Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Revised text of statute as amended |
The Energy Act 2016 (c. 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to UK enterprise law and energy in the UK. It created a new Oil and Gas Authority, meaning that a quango rather than a government minister deals with the oil and gas industry.
Sections 1-85 and Schs 1-2 concern the new Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).