[4A Onshore hydraulic fracturing: safeguards]
Petroleum Act 1998 (1998 c 17) | Legislation

[4A  Onshore hydraulic fracturing: safeguards]

[(1)     The [OGA] must not issue a well consent [for a well situated in the English onshore area] that is required by an onshore licence for England or Wales unless the well consent imposes—

(a)     a condition which prohibits associated hydraulic fracturing from taking place in land at a depth of less than 1000 metres; and

(b)     a condition which prohibits associated hydraulic fracturing from taking place in land at a depth of 1000 metres or more unless the licensee has the Secretary of State's consent for it to take place (a “hydraulic fracturing consent”).

[(1A)     The Welsh Ministers must not issue a well consent for a well situated in the Welsh onshore area that is required by an onshore licence for England or Wales unless the well consent imposes—

(a)     a condition that prohibits associated hydraulic fracturing from taking place in land at a depth of less than 1000 metres; and

(b)     a condition that prohibits associated hydraulic fracturing from taking place in land at a depth of 1000 metres or more unless the licensee has the Welsh Ministers' consent for it to take place (a “hydraulic fracturing consent”).]

(2)     A hydraulic fracturing

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