HC Deb 17 March 1986 vol 94 c135

Amendments made: No. 30, in page 55, line 25, leave out from '1976' to 'shall' in line 1 on page 56.

No. 31, in page 56, line 5, after 'agreement', insert `containing provisions'.

No. 32 in page 56, line 8, at end insert—

'(2) The said Act of 1976 shall not apply, and shall be deemed never to have applied, to any agreement which—

  1. (a) is or was made on or after 28th November 1985;
  2. (b) is or was an agreement containing provisions relating to, or to activities connected with, the supply otherwise than under an authorisation granted under section 7 above of gas won under the authority of a petroleum production licence; and
  3. (c) satisfies such other conditions as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.

(2A) The conditions specified in an order under subsection (2) above may include—

  1. (a) conditions which are to be satisfied in relation to a time before the coming into force of this section;
  2. (b) conditions which refer any matter (which may be the general question whether the said Act of 1976 should apply to a particular agreement) to the Secretary of State for determination after such consultation as may be so specified.

(2B) Any modification on or after 28th November 1985 of any agreement made before that date shall—

  1. (a) if it relates exclusively to the identities of the parties to the agreement, be treated for the purposes of this section and the said Act of 1976 as a modification before that date; and
  2. (b) in any other case, be treated for those purposes in relation to the original agreement as a separate agreement.
and, accordingly, in neither case shall the modification be capable of having the effect of requiring an agreement made before that date to be treated for those purposes as an agreement made on or after that date.'

No. 33, in page 56, line 9, after 'section', insert 'the following in particular, that is to say, exploration for gas and'.

No. 34, page 56, line 32, at end insert— '(4A) In relation to any supply before the appointed day, the reference in subsection (2) above to a supply of gas otherwise than under an authorisation granted under section 7 above shall have effect as a reference to a supply of gas otherwise than in performance of any duty imposed by the 1972 Act.'.—[Mr. Buchanan-Smith.]

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