Part 2Carbon dioxide capture, storage etc and hydrogen production, transport and storage

Chapter 5Carbon storage information and samples

Requirements relating to information and samples

I1113Prohibition on disclosure of information or samples by OGA

1

Protected material must not be disclosed—

a

by the OGA, or

b

by a subsequent holder,

except in accordance with section 114 or Schedule 7.

2

In this section and in Schedule 7—

  • “protected material” means information or samples which have been obtained by the OGA under section 112 or 124;

  • “subsequent holder”, in relation to protected material, means a person holding protected material who has received it directly or indirectly from the OGA by virtue of a disclosure, or disclosures, in accordance with Schedule 7.

3

References to disclosing protected material include references to making the protected material available to other persons (where the protected material includes samples).