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# 2020 No. 448 

# PETROLEUM 

# PIPE-LINES 

The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 

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The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( a ) in relation to the environment( b ) and matters relating to the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons( c ). 

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act. 

## Citation and Commencement 

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 23rd April 2020. 

## Amendment to the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 

2.  The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999( d ) are amended as follows. 

3.  After regulation 10, insert— 

