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Energy Bill

moved Amendments Nos. 52 and 53: 52: Clause 69, page 59, line 13, leave out ““from the installation”” and insert ““from any activity within section 30(6)— (i) which has been or is carried on (or is intended to be carried on) from, by means of or on the installation, and (ii) is an activity to which subsection (AA1) applies”” 53: Clause 69, page 59, line 15, at end insert— ““(AA1) This subsection applies to an activity if— (a) where the activity is the exploitation or exploration of mineral resources, it relates to an oil field for which the installation is or is to be established or maintained; (b) where the activity is the conveyance of minerals, the minerals are got, or to be got, from such an oil field; (c) where the activity is the unloading, storage or recovery of gas, it relates to a controlled place (within the meaning of Chapter 2 or 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008) for which the installation is or is to be established or maintained; (d) where the activity is the conveyance of gas being stored or recovered, the storage or recovery of the gas relates to such a controlled place; (e) where the activity is within section 30(6)(c)— (i) the installation is in an oil field in respect of which P has an interest, or (ii) the installation is in a controlled place in respect of which P has a licence under Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008. (AB1) For the purposes of subsection (AA1)— (a) ““oil field”” means an area which the appropriate authority (within the meaning of paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 to the Oil Taxation Act 1975) has determined to be an oil field for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act, (b) P has an interest in an oil field if P is entitled to derive, or has at any time been entitled to derive, any financial or other benefit from activities within section 30(6) (other than paragraph (c)) carried on in the field.”” On Question, amendments agreed to.