Part 2U.K.Carbon dioxide capture, storage etc and hydrogen production, transport and storage

Chapter 2U.K.Decommissioning of carbon storage installations

Change of use reliefU.K.

98Change of use relief: supplementaryU.K.

(1)In the Energy Act 2008, after section 30B insert—

“30CRelief under sections 30A and 30B: supplementary

(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the obtaining of information required, and sharing of information held, for the purposes of functions of the Secretary of State under sections 30A and 30B, including provision—

(a)for the Secretary of State to require the holder of a licence under section 7 of the Energy Act 2023, or a person who qualifies for change of use relief under section 30A or 30B, to provide information to the Secretary of State;

(b)authorising His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (or anyone acting on their behalf) to disclose to the Secretary of State information held as mentioned in section 18(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005;

(c)for the enforcement of any requirement imposed by virtue of the regulations.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), a person “qualifies for change of use relief” if—

(a)but for section 30A(6) they would be a person to whom a notice may be given under section 29(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998 in relation to a carbon storage installation, or

(b)but for section 30B(4) they would be a person to whom a proposal may be made under section 29(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998 in relation to a submarine pipeline.

(3)In this section—

• “carbon storage installation” has the same meaning as in section 30 of the Energy Act 2008;

• “submarine pipeline” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the 1998 Act (see section 45 of that Act).”

(2)In section 105 of the Energy Act 2008 (Parliamentary control of subordinate legislation), in subsection (2) omit paragraph (aa).