fees payable, the size and shape of the permitted area of license, and model clauses. The Board of Trade was empowered to inspect the position of mine workings. The Petroleum (Production) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5 c.52) was repealed. The 1934 Act was seen as a sensible measure: encouraging exploration, but through licensing, preventing wildcat drilling. The Act (Section 6) gave the Minister power to make regulations. The following year the Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1935 were published and contained Model Clauses which were incorporated into licences. In 1959 Shell applied to the Ministry of Power for a licence to explore for gas in the North Sea. The company asked whether the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934, could be extended beyond territorial waters to areas of the North Sea which would fall within the jurisdiction of the British Government. The view of the Ministry was that licences could not be issued until legislation was enacted. Later enactments The 1934 Act was repealed by Section 51 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (1998 c. 17). See also Oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom Petroleum Act References United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1934 History of the petroleum industry in the United Kingdom