19 Energy security investment mechanism

Section 19 Energy security investment mechanism

Finance (No 2) Act 2024 (2024 c 12) | Legislation

Energy (oil and gas) profits levy

19  Energy security investment mechanism

In the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022, after section 17 insert—

“17A Circumstances in which the levy ends early: energy security investment mechanism

(1)     This section applies if—

(a)     the average price of oil over a reference period, and

(b)     the average price of gas over the same period,

are at or below the average of those prices over the period of 20 years ending with 31 December 2022 (as adjusted in accordance with section 17B).

(2)     The Treasury must make regulations amending—

(a)     section 1(3)(b),

(b)     section 7(2), and

(c)     section 16,

so as to substitute the final day of that reference period for references to what would otherwise be the final day of the levy.

(3)

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