Part 2: Further functions of the OGA relating to offshore petroleum Sanction warning notices Section 49: Duty of OGA to give sanction warning notices
Section 49 places an obligation upon the OGA to give a sanction warning notice to a person before imposing a sanction notice. The notice will contain details of why the OGA thinks a breach of a petroleum-related requirement has occurred and will state the OGA's proposed intention to give a sanction notice.
	The sanction warning notice provides a person with an opportunity to make representations to the OGA and for the OGA to take these into account prior to the imposition of any sanction notice. Subsection (3)(d) states that the OGA will be required to specify a period of time in which the person can make representations. No minimum time period is specified as the circumstances and complexity of a sanction for different breaches of the petroleum-related requirements is likely to vary. Subsection (4) is intended to allow the OGA to set different time periods for different cases.