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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.102Effect of ending of declaration of potential commercial area
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### sec.102 Effect of ending of declaration of potential commercial area
This section applies if all or part of the area of an authority to prospect is a potential commercial area and the declaration of the potential commercial area ends more than 12 years after the authority originally took effect.
If the declaration applied to a part of the area of the authority, the part ceases to be included in its area.
If the declaration applies to all of the area of the authority, the authority ends.
If the declaration ends less than 12 years after the authority originally took effect, see section 94 .
s 102 amd 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch
(sec.102-ssec.1) This section applies if all or part of the area of an authority to prospect is a potential commercial area and the declaration of the potential commercial area ends more than 12 years after the authority originally took effect.
(sec.102-ssec.2) If the declaration applied to a part of the area of the authority, the part ceases to be included in its area.
(sec.102-ssec.3) If the declaration applies to all of the area of the authority, the authority ends. If the declaration ends less than 12 years after the authority originally took effect, see section 94 .