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Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
Committee stage · Lords
Introduced
8 November 2023
Last activity
23 April 2024
About this bill
To make provision about licences to search and bore for and get offshore petroleum.
Parliamentary stages
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First reading
8 Nov 2023
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Second reading
22 Jan 2024↗
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Programme motion
22 Jan 2024
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Committee of the Whole House
20 Feb 2024↗
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Third reading
20 Feb 2024↗
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First reading
21 Feb 2024
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Second reading
26 Mar 2024↗
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Committee stage
23 Apr 2024↗
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What this bill is about
From the Explanatory Notes (February 2024):
1 This Bill places the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) (operating as the North Sea Transition Authority) under a new duty to run an annual process inviting applications for new offshore production licences.
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