Retention of carbon storage information by licensees
3.—(1) A licensee must retain the following carbon storage information—
(a)the survey information,
(b)the well information,
(c)the site information,
(d)the injection and production information,
(e)the monitoring information, and
(f)the installation information.
(2) The Schedule makes further provision about that carbon storage information.
(3) The licensee must retain the information until a relevant event occurs in relation to that information.
(4) A “relevant event” occurs in relation to carbon storage information if that information—
(a)is provided to the OGA(1) in accordance with an OGA notice,
(b)is provided to the OGA in accordance with any requirement imposed by or under regulation 8 of, and Schedule 2 to, the CS Licensing Regulations 2010, or
(c)is included in the register maintained under section 29(1) of the Energy Act 2008(2).
See section 127 of the 2023 Act for the meaning of “the OGA”.