Part 13: Offshore Wind Electricity Generation, Oil and Gas Chapter 2: Oil and Gas Section 299: Charges in connection with abandonment of offshore installations
Subsection (1) inserts a new section 38C into the Petroleum Act 1998 ("PA 1998").
	New section 38C of the PA 1998 contains powers to make regulations to charge for costs related to regulatory functions related to the decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure, under Part 4 of the PA 1998.
	Section 30 Energy Act 2008 applies Part 4 PA 1998 (subject to modifications) to the decommissioning of carbon storage installations established for offshore activities requiring a licence under section 17 of the Energy Act 2008. Therefore, new section 38C PA 1998 will apply to the decommissioning of offshore carbon storage installations too.
	Subsection (2) amends section 30 of the Energy Act 2008. It provides that the negative resolution procedure will apply in the Scottish Parliament should Scottish Ministers exercise the new powers in Section 38C of the Petroleum Act 1998 to make regulations to charge for their functions in connection with decommissioning of carbon storage installations.
	The remaining subsections of this section provide for consequential amendments to Part 4 PA 1998. In particular, the two fee charging provisions currently contained in section 29(5) and section 34(4) of that Act will be omitted once the relevant subsections of this section are commenced in accordance with regulations made under section 334 (Commencement).