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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 13

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 13

13—Modification of the applied provisions

        (1)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Off-shore Waters (Application of Laws) Act 1976 the regulations may provide that such of the provisions which apply in the adjacent area by virtue of that Act as are specified in the regulations—

            (a)         do not apply; or

            (b)         apply with such modifications as are specified in the regulations,

to or in relation to, acts, omissions, matters, circumstances or things touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the exploration of the sea-bed or subsoil of the adjacent area for petroleum or the exploitation of the natural resources, being petroleum, of that sea-bed or subsoil.

        (2)         Without limiting the operation of subsection (1) or of regulations under that subsection, the following shall, for the purposes of that subsection and of any such regulations, be deemed to be acts, omissions, matters, circumstances or things of the kind referred to in that subsection—

            (a)         any—

                  (i)         act or omission that takes place in, on, above, below or in the vicinity of; or

                  (ii)         matter, circumstance or thing that exists or arises with respect to or in connection with,

a vessel, aircraft, structure or installation, or equipment or other property, that is in the adjacent area for any reason touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the exploration of the sea-bed or subsoil of the adjacent area for petroleum or the exploitation of the natural resources, being petroleum, of that sea-bed or subsoil; or

            (b)         any act or omission of, or matter or circumstance concerning, a person who—

                  (i)         is in the adjacent area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); or

                  (ii)         is in, on, above, below or in the vicinity of a vessel, aircraft, structure or installation, or equipment or other property, that is in the adjacent area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); or

            (c)         any act or omission of, or matter or circumstance concerning, a person in respect of his carrying on any operation or doing any work in the adjacent area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a).

        (3)         For the purposes of this section, "modification" includes the omission or addition of a provision or the substitution of a provision for another provision.