Minerals Development Act 2017
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Amendment of Continental Shelf Act 1968 | ||
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244. The Continental Shelf Act 1968 is amended— | ||
(a) by substituting the following for section 4: | ||
“Application of Minerals Development Acts 1979 and 2017 and Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Acts 1960 and 1995 | ||
4. (1) The Minerals Development Acts 1979 and 2017 apply to any minerals (within the meaning of those Acts) within a designated area. | ||
(2) The Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Acts 1960 and 1995apply in relation to petroleum (within the meaning of those Acts) within a designated area.”, | ||
(b) in section 5 (inserted by section 5 of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 )— | ||
(i) in subsection (1), by deleting the definition of “relevant Minister”, | ||
(ii) in subsection (2), by deleting “and the Minister for the Marine”, | ||
(iii) by inserting after subsection (2) the following: | ||
“(2A) The Minister shall consult with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to safety of navigation before granting his consent under this section.”, | ||
(iv) in subsection (3), by substituting “The Minister” for “A relevant Minister”, | ||
(v) in subsection (5), by substituting “the Minister” for “the Minister for the Marine”, | ||
(vi) in subsection (6)— | ||
(I) in paragraph (a), by substituting “the Minister” for “a relevant Minister”, | ||
(II) in paragraph (c), by substituting “The Minister” for “A relevant Minister”, and | ||
(III) in paragraph (d), by substituting “the Minister” for “the relevant Minister”, | ||
(vii) in subsection (7), by substituting— | ||
(I) “the Minister” for “a relevant Minister”, | ||
(II) “the Minister” for “that Minister”, and | ||
(III) “the Minister” for “the relevant Minister”, | ||
(viii) in subsection (9), by substituting— | ||
(I) “the Minister” for “a relevant Minister, being the Minister”, and | ||
(II) “the Minister” for “that Minister” in each place that it occurs, | ||
(ix) in subsection (10), by substituting— | ||
(I) “the Minister” for “a relevant Minister, being the Minister for the Marine”, and | ||
(II) “the Minister” for “that Minister” in each place that it occurs, | ||
(x) in subsection (11), by substituting “the Minister” for “the relevant Minister”, | ||
(xi) in subsection (12), by substituting— | ||
(I) “the Minister” for “a relevant Minister”, and | ||
(II) “the Minister” for “that Minister”, | ||
and | ||
(xii) in subsection (13), by substituting “the Minister” for “a relevant Minister”, | ||
(c) in section 7(1), by substituting “The Minister” for “The Minister for Energy, with the consent of the Minister for the Marine,”, and | ||
(d) in section 12(1), by deleting— | ||
(i) “or the Minister for the Marine”, and | ||
(ii) “or the Minister for the Marine (as the case may be)”. |