31 Section 29 notices: supplementary provisions

31  Section 29 notices: supplementary provisions

[(A1)     The Secretary of State may not give a notice under section 29(1) in relation to an offshore installation to a person (“P”) who, in relation to the installation, falls within paragraph (b) or (c) of section 30(1), if—

(a)     P is not entitled to derive, and never has been entitled to derive, any financial or other benefit from any activity within section 30(6)—

(i)     which has been or is carried on (or is intended to be carried on) from, by means of or on the installation, and

(ii)     is an activity to which subsection (B1) applies, and

(b)     P is not, and never has been, a person within section 30(1)(a), (ba), (d) or (e) in relation to the installation.

(B1)     This subsection applies to an activity if—

(a)     where the activity is the exploitation or exploration of mineral resources, it relates to an oil field for which the installation is or is to be established or maintained;

(b)     where the activity is the conveyance of minerals, the minerals are got, or to be got, from such an oil field;

(c)     where the activity is the unloading, storage or recovery of gas, it

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