Part 2: Further functions of the OGA relating to offshore petroleum Appeals Section 50: Appeals in relation to sanction notices
Section 50 creates an appeal right to the Tribunal against the OGA's sanctions in relation to both an alleged breach of a petroleum-related requirement and a sanction imposed in response to that breach. Bringing an appeal will suspend the effect of a sanction notice. Where a decision of the Tribunal is subject to an onward appeal to the Upper Tribunal, the Tribunal and Upper Tribunal are given a power to suspend the effect of a sanction notice for the duration of any onward appeal.