Part 3: Infrastructure and Information Rights to use upstream petroleum infrastructure Section 70: Requirements to provide information
Section 70 amends section 87 of the Energy Act 2011 (powers to require information) which relates to the third party access to upstream petroleum infrastructure regime, found in Chapter 3 of Part 2 of that Act. It also inserts new sections 87A and 87B into that Chapter.
	Section 87 of the Energy Act 2011 is amended to require that where the Secretary of State, and the OGA once this function is transferred to it, issues a notice under that section requiring information to be provided, that notice must specify when the requirement is to be complied with. New section 87B of the Energy Act 2011 provides that the requirements imposed by a notice are to be treated as a petroleum related requirement for the purposes of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of this Act (sanctions) but the OGA may not issue a revocation notice or operator removal notice in relation to requirements imposed by a notice issued under section 87(1), (2) or (3) of the Energy Act 2011.
	New section 87A of the Energy Act 2011 enables any person on whom a requirement to provide information is imposed under section 87 of that Act to appeal against the notice to the First-tier Tribunal on specific grounds. Those grounds are self-explanatory, as are the powers of the Tribunal.