Part 2: Further functions of the OGA relating to offshore petroleum Sanction notices Section 47: Revocation notices
Section 47 sets out what must be contained in a revocation notice, which revokes a petroleum licence for failure to comply with a petroleum-related requirement (providing that the failure to comply was carried out by a person in their capacity as licensee). Subsection (3) allows the OGA to revoke licences in respect of one or more of the licence holders who comprise the licensee (known as 'partial revocation'). The revocation notice will contain information about how a licensee has failed to comply with a petroleum-related requirement and specify a date on which the revocation will take place. The date upon which revocation will take place must not be earlier than 28 days from the day on which the revocation notice was given. The revocation of a licence under this section does not affect any obligations or liabilities incurred or imposed under the terms and conditions of a licence which apply as if the licence had been revoked in accordance with those conditions (subject to section 57(2)). The effect of subsection (6) is that revocation notices may only be given where the licence to be revoked is one which, on the date the notice is given, the OGA would have the power to grant. This reflects the proposed devolution (through the Scotland Act 2016 and the forthcoming Wales Bill, respectively) of the licence-granting functions in respect of "onshore" licences under the Petroleum Act 1998.