(1)This section and sections 45 and 46 contain provision about financial penalty notices which may be given under section 42 (failure to comply with a petroleum-related requirement).
(2)A financial penalty notice is notice which—
(a)specifies the petroleum-related requirement in question,
(b)gives details of the failure to comply with the requirement,
(c)informs the person or persons to whom the notice is given that the person or persons must—
(i)comply with the petroleum-related requirement before the end of a period specified in the notice, in a case where it is appropriate to require such compliance and the failure to comply with the requirement has not already been remedied at the time the notice is given, and
(ii)pay the OGA a financial penalty of the amount specified in the notice before the end of a period specified in the notice.
(3)The period specified under subsection (2)(c)(ii) must not end earlier than the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the financial penalty notice was given.