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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbons-temporary-management-scheme-regulations-2013/regulation-34",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1329",
  "legislation_title": "The Hydrocarbons (Temporary Management Scheme) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbons-temporary-management-scheme-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/34",
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  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Information notices: exercise of powers and confidentiality",
  "text": "(1) An information notice may be given under regulation 35 provided that the Secretary of State believes that the information required by the notice is necessary in order for the Secretary of State—\n(a) to apply a temporary scheme to the hydrocarbons interests of a person;\n(b) to exercise or enable the exercise of any of the management powers;\n(c) to provide a report under regulation 22 or 33; or\n(d) to terminate a temporary scheme.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person to whom an information notice is given is not entitled to refuse to provide the information required by the notice by reason that the information is or includes information which is confidential.\n(3) A person to whom an information notice is given is not required to produce information which—\n(a) except in relation to Scotland, that person would on grounds of legal professional privilege be entitled to withhold production on an order for discovery in an action in the County Court, High Court or High Court in Northern Ireland; or\n(b) in relation to Scotland, a claim to confidentiality of communications could be maintained in an action in the Sheriffs Courts or the Court of Session in respect of communications—\n(i) between a professional legal adviser and the adviser’s client; or\n(ii) made in connection with, or in contemplation of, legal proceedings and made for the purposes of those proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1329/regulation/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:52:38.703178+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}