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—
(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.