# The Offshore Petroleum Licensing (Offshore Safety Directive) Regulations 2015, Regulation 11: Requirement to provide information

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The licensing authority may require an offshore licensee, prospective offshore licensee, operator or proposed operator to provide it with information—
(a) relevant for the performance of the licensing authority’s functions under regulation 3(1), 3(4) or 6(1); or
(b) relating to compliance with any obligation applying to that person under regulation 4, 5(1), 5(5), 8(6), or 9.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) includes requiring a prospective offshore licensee to provide—
(a) evidence of its technical and financial capacity;
(b) any other relevant information relating to the area covered by the offshore licence; and
(c) any other relevant information relating to the particular stage of offshore petroleum operations.
(3) The competent authority may require an offshore licensee, prospective offshore licensee, operator or proposed operator to provide it with information which—
(a) is necessary for the fulfilment of the competent authority's functions as a consultee under regulations 3(1)(b) and 5(3);
(b) relates to the competent authority's determination under regulation 7; or
(c) relates to compliance with an offshore licensee's obligations under regulation 9.
(4) A requirement to provide information under paragraph (1) or (3) must be made by notice (“an information notice”) which—
(a) is in writing and dated;
(b) specifies the information to be provided and the date by which it is to be provided; and
(c) identifies the person to whom it is addressed.
(5) A person who receives an information notice must, by the date specified in the notice—
(a) provide so much of the information specified in the notice as can be provided; and
(b) to the extent that any information specified in the notice is not provided, provide a reasonable explanation why the information required cannot be provided.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/385/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-licensing-offshore-safety-directive-regulations-2015/regulation-11
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