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115Power of OGA to give sanction noticesU.K.
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(1)If the OGA considers that a person has failed to comply with a sanctionable requirement imposed on the person, it may give the person a sanction notice in respect of that failure.

(2)If the OGA considers that there has a been a failure to comply with a sanctionable requirement imposed jointly on two or more persons, it may give a sanction notice in respect of that failure—

(a)to one only of those persons (subject to section 118(2)),

(b)jointly to two or more of them, or

(c)jointly to all of them,

but it may not give separate sanction notices to each of them in respect of the failure.

(3)In this Chapter “sanction notice” means—

(a)an enforcement notice (see section 116),

(b)a financial penalty notice (see section 117),

(c)a revocation notice (see section 118), or

(d)an operator removal notice (see section 119).

(4)Sanction notices, other than enforcement notices, may be given in respect of a failure to comply with a sanctionable requirement even if, at the time the notice is given, the failure to comply has already been remedied.

(5)Where the OGA gives a sanction notice to a person in respect of a particular failure to comply with a sanctionable requirement—

(a)it may, at the same time, give another type of sanction notice to the person in respect of that failure to comply;

(b)it may give subsequent sanction notices in respect of that failure only in accordance with section 122 (subsequent sanction notices).

(6)The OGA’s power to give sanction notices under this section is subject to section 120 (duty of OGA to give sanction warning notices).

(7)Where the OGA gives a sanction notice to a licensee in respect of a failure to comply with a sanctionable requirement—

(a)the matter is to be dealt with in accordance with this Chapter, and

(b)any requirement under the licensee’s carbon storage licence to deal with the matter in a certain way (including by arbitration) does not apply in respect of that failure to comply.

Commencement Information

I1S. 115 in force at 26.12.2023, see s. 334(3)(b)

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