Part 13: Offshore Wind Electricity Generation, Oil and Gas Chapter 2: Oil and Gas Section 298: Regulations under sections 296 and 297: procedure with devolved authorities
This section requires the Secretary of State to carry out a consultation process, as set out in subsections (1), (2) and (3), with relevant devolved authorities, where regulations under Section 296 contain provision within devolved competence. Subsection (4) sets out the meaning of "relevant devolved authority".
	This Section also requires, under subsection (5), the Secretary of State to obtain consent: from Scottish Ministers, where regulations under Section 297 contain provision within Scottish devolved competence; and, under subsection (6), from Welsh Ministers, where regulations under Section 297 contain provision within Welsh devolved competence. Subsection (7) provides interpretive provision for "devolved competence".