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Energy Act 2023

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109Preparation and agreement of information and samples plans
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(1)The responsible person must prepare an information and samples plan in connection with any of the following (each “a licence event”)—

(a)where a licensee is a company, a change in control of the company within the meaning of paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2221) (inserted by Schedule 6 to this Act);

(b)a change in the identity of—

(i)the exploration operator under a carbon storage licence, or

(ii)where a storage permit has been granted under a carbon storage licence, the operator in relation to the storage permit (within the meaning of regulation 1(3) of the Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010);

(c)a transfer of rights under a carbon storage licence, whether in relation to all or part of the area in respect of which the licence was granted;

(d)a surrender of rights under a carbon storage licence in relation to all of the area in respect of which the licence was granted, or in relation to so much of that area in respect of which the licence continues to have effect;

(e)the expiry of a carbon storage licence;

(f)the termination of a carbon storage licence;

(g)the revocation of a storage permit.

(2)Responsible person”, in relation to a licence event, means the person who is or was, or the persons who are or were, the licensee in respect of the relevant licence immediately before the licence event.

(3)Relevant licence”, in relation to a licence event, means the carbon storage licence in respect of which the licence event occurs.

(4)Information and samples plan”, in relation to a licence event, means a plan dealing with what is to happen, following the event, to—

(a)carbon storage information held by the responsible person before the event, and

(b)carbon storage samples held by that person before the event.

(5)The responsible person must agree the information and samples plan with the OGA—

(a)in the case of a licence event mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), before the licence event takes place, or

(b)in the case of a licence event mentioned in subsection (1)(f) or (g), within a reasonable period after the termination of the carbon storage licence or revocation of the storage permit.

(6)An information and samples plan has effect once it is agreed with the OGA.

(7)If an information and samples plan is not agreed with the OGA as mentioned in subsection (5)(a) or (b), the OGA—

(a)may itself prepare an information and samples plan in connection with the licence event, and

(b)may require the responsible person to provide it with such information as the OGA may require to enable it to do so.

(8)The OGA must inform the responsible person of the terms of any information and samples plan it prepares in connection with a licence event.

(9)Where the OGA—

(a)prepares an information and samples plan in connection with a licence event, and

(b)informs the responsible person of the terms of the plan,

the plan has effect as if it had been prepared by the responsible person and agreed with the OGA.

(10)Where an information and samples plan has effect in connection with a licence event, the responsible person must comply with the plan.

(11)The requirements imposed by subsection (5) and (10), or under subsection (7)(b), are sanctionable in accordance with this Chapter.

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