Part 2: Further functions of the OGA relating to offshore petroleum Appeals Section 51: Appeals: against finding of failure to comply
Section 51 makes provision about appeals where a person contests that they did not fail to comply with a petroleum-related requirement. The Tribunal is given powers to confirm a sanction notice or cancel it if it finds that no breach of a petroleum-related requirement has occurred.
	Subsection (4) is about cases where a sanction notice is given on more than one occasion in respect of the same failure to comply with a petroleum-related requirement (i.e. in cases where a person has failed to comply with an earlier sanction notice given by the OGA). The effect of subsection (4) is that a person who wishes to appeal against the alleged failure to comply with a petroleum-related requirement must do when in receipt of the first sanction notice or lose that right. Appeals against subsequent sanction notices can still be brought against the sanction imposed (as opposed to the alleged breach of the petroleum-related requirement) in accordance with section 52.