Part 1: Licensing of Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Chapter 1: Licensing of Activities Section 31: Reasons for decisions
To ensure transparency of decision making, under section 31 the economic regulator and the Secretary of State are required to give reasons for their decisions and determinations listed in subsection (1).
	Upon making a decision the economic regulator or the Secretary of State must publish a notice stating the reasons for the decision for the benefit of those who are likely to be interested as well as sending a copy of the notice to the relevant licence holder. But before publishing a notice the economic regulator or the Secretary of State must have regard to the need to exclude information that could seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of an individual or body.