44 Meaning of “offshore installation”
Petroleum Act 1998 (1998 c 17) | Legislation

44  Meaning of “offshore installation”

(1)     In this Part of this Act, “offshore installation” means any installation which is or has been maintained, or is intended to be established, for the carrying on of any activity to which subsection (2) applies.

(2)     This subsection applies to any activity mentioned in subsection (3) which is carried on from, by means of or on an installation which is maintained in the water, or on the foreshore or other land intermittently covered with water, and is not connected with dry land by a permanent structure providing access at all times and for all purposes.

(3)     The activities referred to in subsection (2) are—

(a)     the exploitation, or the exploration with a view to exploitation, of mineral resources in or under the shore or bed of relevant waters;

[(aa)     the exploration of any place in, under or over relevant waters with a view to the storage of gas in such an place;

(ab)     the conversion of any place

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