Part 1: Licensing of Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Chapter 1: Licensing of Activities Section 26: Provision of information to or by the economic regulator
Section 26 allows the economic regulator to request and provide information from or to relevant persons or bodies listed in subsection (2) as it considers appropriate to facilitate the duties or functions of the economic regulator or the relevant person or body.
	Subsection (2) lists relevant bodies including the North Sea Transition Authority (referred to in the legislation as ‘the Oil and Gas Authority’), the Environment Agency, the Health and Safety Executive Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the Welsh Ministers, Natural Resources Wales, the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland, the CMA and any other person the economic regulator considers appropriate who has powers conferred by or pursuant to primary legislation, which is intended to include the counterparty to any contracts providing consumer or taxpayer support for associated carbon capture activities. The economic regulator may also request from or provide information to any other persons or bodies not listed in subsection (2) as it considers appropriate.
	Information requested by the economic regulator should be provided within the time period specified in the notice.
	Disclosure of information in accordance with this power does not breach any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure nor does it breach any other restriction on disclosure however that restriction is imposed. However, this power does not authorise or require disclosure in breach of the data protection legislation.