Part 2: Further functions of the OGA relating to offshore petroleum Power to require information and samples Section 34: Power of the OGA to require information and samples
This section enables the OGA, by written notice, for the purposes of carrying out its functions which are relevant to the fulfilment of the principal objective or which relate to activities carried out under a carbon dioxide storage licence granted under section 18 of the Energy Act 2008 to require:
a relevant person to provide it with any petroleum related information or a portion of a petroleum-related sample, held by or on behalf of that person; and
a person who holds information and samples in accordance with an information and samples plan to provide it with any such information or a portion of any such sample.
	Within the notice, the OGA must specify the form and manner in which the information and/ or sample is to be provided, and the period within which it must be provided. Any failure to comply with a requirement of an information notice is sanctionable under the provisions contained in Chapter 5.
	Where information or a portion of a sample is provided in accordance with a notice, any other requirements that relate to the retention of that information or sample are unaffected.