[4B Section 4A: supplementary provision]
Petroleum Act 1998 (1998 c 17) | Legislation

[4B  Section 4A: supplementary provision]

[(1)     “Associated hydraulic fracturing” means hydraulic fracturing of shale or strata encased in shale which—

(a)     is carried out in connection with the use of the relevant well to search or bore for or get petroleum, and

(b)     involves, or is expected to involve, the injection of—

(i)     more than 1,000 cubic metres of fluid at each stage, or expected stage, of the hydraulic fracturing, or

(ii)     more than 10,000 cubic metres of fluid in total.

(2)     For the purposes of deciding the depth at which associated hydraulic fracturing is taking place in land—

(a)     the depth of a point in land below surface level is the distance between that point and the surface of the land vertically above that point; and

(b)     in determining what is the surface of the land, any building or other structure on the land, and any water covering the land, must be ignored.

(3)     Subsections (1) and (2) apply for the purposes of section 4A and this section.

(4)     The Secretary of State must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, specify—

(a)     the descriptions of areas [in the English onshore area] which are “protected groundwater source areas”,

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