Energy Act 2016

31 Preparation and agreement of information and samples plans

(1) The responsible person must prepare an information and samples plan in connection with a licence event.

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

(a) in the case of a licence event mentioned in section 30(3)(a), (b) or (c) (transfer, surrender or expiry), before the licence event takes place, or

(b) in the case of a licence event mentioned in section 30(3)(d) (revocation), within a reasonable period after the revocation of the relevant licence.

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

(4) If an information and samples plan is not agreed with the OGA as mentioned in subsection (2)(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.

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

(6) 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.

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

(8) The requirements imposed by subsections (2) and (7), or under subsection (4)(b), are sanctionable in accordance with Chapter 5.