Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oil and Gas Authority (Carbon Storage) (Retention of Information and Samples) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 13th May 2025.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(4) These Regulations apply in relation to carbon storage information(1) and carbon storage samples(2)—

(a)held by, or on behalf of, a licensee(3) immediately before these Regulations come into force, or

(b)acquired or created by, or on behalf of, a licensee on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force.

(5) But nothing in these Regulations applies in relation to any carbon storage information or carbon storage samples at any time when—

(a)an information and samples plan(4) dealing with the information or samples has effect;

(b)the information or samples are required to be retained in accordance with any provision included in a storage permit in accordance with regulation 8 of, and Schedule 2 to, the CS Licensing Regulations 2010.