Role of PELG

PELG’s aim is to facilitate appropriate and consistent enforcement by Petroleum Licensing Authorities through the dissemination of advice, guidance and good practice.

PELG has the five objectives; namely to:

• discuss the need for advice and guidance (including on technical issues where there is a need for a consensus view among PLAs and between PLAs and HSE); to commission and agree such advice and disseminate it to PLAs;
• assess the implications for enforcement of new developments in industry practice and procedures;
• liaise effectively with HSE, LAs, CFOA, Environment Agency and the retail petroleum industry on matters within its remit;
• assist in finding solutions to general problems that might otherwise incur costly and time consuming appeals; and
• ensure the principles of the Regulators' Compliance Code, Statutory Code of Practice for Regulators as issued by the Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) is being followed.