Part 1Licensing of carbon dioxide transport and storage
Chapter 1Licensing of activities
Information
I127Power of Secretary of State to require information
1
The Secretary of State may by notice in writing require a licence holder to provide the Secretary of State with information which is reasonably required by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Secretary of State’s functions under this Part.
2
A notice under subsection (1) must specify—
a
the form and manner in which information is to be provided, and
b
the time within which it is to be provided.
3
A licence holder may not be required under this section to provide any information that would be protected from disclosure or production in legal proceedings on grounds of legal professional privilege or, in Scotland, confidentiality of communications.
4
Except as provided by subsection (5), the disclosure of information under this section does not breach—
a
any obligation of confidence owed by the licence holder making the disclosure, or
b
any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).
5
This section does not authorise or require a disclosure of information if the disclosure would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, a requirement imposed under subsection (1) is to be taken into account).