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The proposed introduction of the Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018: draft guidance

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This draft guidance will accompany the 2018 Regulations to provide clarity and certainty to industry.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

20 November 2018 - Consultation opened

18 December 2018 - Consultation closes

5 March 2019 - Outcome published

Policy milestone details

Start date: 2018-11-20

Milestone source: Link to BEIS website|Link to BEIS website for the proposal for the regulations

Milestone type: Consultation/call for evidence

Sector: Environment - Oil and gas -

Organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy|Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED)

Subjects: Environmental protection, Decommissioning, Offshore oil and gas, Energy policy