Part 1: Licensing of Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Chapter 1: Licensing of Activities Section 20: Appeal to the CMA
Section 20 establishes that a licence holder, or a transport and storage network user whose interests are materially affected by a decision by the economic regulator to modify a licence condition, has a right to appeal a licence modification decision to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). This is intended to ensure due process and that there are sufficient safeguards for investors whose rights may be interfered with by a proposed licence modification during the term of the licence.
	The CMA’s permission is required to bring an appeal, but the CMA may only refuse to allow an appeal on one of the grounds specified in subsection (4) These are: where the person bringing the appeal’s interests are not materially affected by the decision or because the grounds for appeal are trivial or vexatious or have no reasonable prospects of success.