purposes.’ Provisions The Act comprises 32 Sections in 4 Parts and 3 Schedules: PART I Abandonment of Offshore Installations Sections 1 to 16 – Programmes for abandonment, appropriate persons to submit programmes, notices, approvals, failure to submit programmes, revision of programmes, withdrawal of approval, duty to carry out programmes, default in carrying out programmes, financial resources, making regulations, offences, the powers of the Secretary of State, notices. PART II Licensing Sections 17 to 20 – existing licences, future licences, extension to Northern Ireland territorial waters, annual reports. PART III Miscellaneous Safety zones – Sections 21 to 24 – automatic establishment of safety zones, establishment by order, safety zone offences. Pipe-lines – Sections 25 to 27 – construction authorisations, funds, compulsory acquisition of rights. Refineries – Section 28 – construction of refineries (repealing existing legislation). PART IV Supplementary Sections 29 to 32 – expenses, repeals, commencement, short title and extent. SCHEDULES Schedule 1– Amendment of Existing Licences Schedule 2 – Amendment of Model Clauses Schedule 3 – Repeals Effects of the Act The 1987 Act provided a framework for the abandonment of Offshore Installations on the UK continental shelf. The first decommissioning approval was given in 1988 for the abandonment, by toppling, of the remains of the Piper Alpha platform. The first decommissioning approval for a floating production facility (FPF) was given in 1991 for the Crawford FPF. The first fixed steel platform to be entirely removed to shore was the Forbes AW platform in 1993. Later enactments Parts I and II of the 1987 Act were repealed on 15 February 1999 by the Petroleum Act 1998. Part III section 28 (construction of refineries) was repealed on 15 February 1999 by the Petroleum Act 1998. See also Oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom North Sea Oil Petroleum Act References United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1987 History of the petroleum industry in the United Kingdom