Consultation outcome

The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018: draft guidance

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
• Published: 20 November 2018
• Last updated: 5 March 2019 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

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The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018: draft guidance - government response

PDF, 300 KB, 11 pages

Detail of outcome

OPRED will finalise and publish the guidance.

Detail of feedback received

Government invited comments via a 4 week consultation on the draft guidance for The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018.

We received 4 responses, mainly from industry. The majority of the responses were content or neutral.

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on the draft guidance for The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 20 November 2018 to 11:45pm on 18 December 2018

Consultation description

The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018 enable the BEIS Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning (OPRED) to impose civil sanctions in respect of breaches of some existing offshore oil and gas environmental regulations, which presently amount to criminal offences.

This draft guidance will accompany the 2018 Regulations to provide clarity and certainty to industry. It is designed to clearly explain how OPRED will apply the civil sanctions regime under them:

• how it makes decisions
• the processes to be followed to provide clarity and certainty to industry

Documents

Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018: consultation on draft guidance

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The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018 – Draft Guidance

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Published 20 November 2018
Last updated 5 March 2019 + show all updates

1. 5 March 2019

   Government response published

2. 20 November 2018

   First published.