Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2015

Miscellaneous amendments - Act of 1999

21. The Act of 1999 is amended—

(a) in section 13K(2), by deleting paragraph (e),

(b) in section 13R—

(i) in subsection (1), by substituting “an operator or owner”, for “a petroleum undertaking”, and

(ii) in subsection (3), by substituting “the operator or owner concerned” for “petroleum undertaking concerned”,

(c) in section 13W(5) (b), by substituting for subparagraph (i) the following:

“(i) the licensed area to which subparagraph (i) or (ii) or both of paragraph (a) of the definition of ‘licensed area’ relates, or”,

(d) in section 13X—

(i) in subsection (2), by inserting “, operator or owner” after “the petroleum undertaking”, and

(ii) in subsection (3), by inserting “, an operator or owner” after “a petroleum undertaking”,

(e) in section 13AA—

(i) by substituting for subsection (1) the following:

“(1) Where the Commission is of the opinion that an activity being or likely to be, carried on by, under the control of or on behalf of a petroleum undertaking, an operator or an owner involves a substantial risk to safety, the Commission may serve a notice (in this Part referred to as a ‘prohibition notice’) on that petroleum undertaking, operator or owner.”,

(ii) in subsection (6) (a), by inserting “or an operator or an owner” after “petroleum undertaking”,

(iii) by substituting for subsection (7) the following:

“(7) In considering an appeal against a prohibition notice, the Court shall take into account the general duties of petroleum undertakings, operators, owners and others.”,

and

(iv) by substituting for subsection (9) the following:

“(9) A person who fails to comply with a prohibition notice commits an offence and is liable—

(a) on summary conviction to a class A fine, or

(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €3,000,000.”,

and

(f) in section 13AB(1), by substituting—

(i) “the petroleum undertaking, operator or owner concerned” for “the petroleum undertaking concerned”, and

(ii) “a petroleum undertaking, an operator or owner” for “a petroleum undertaking”.