SI 2017/942 The Energy Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2017 (link)
These Regulations bring the remaining provisions of the Energy Act 2016 into force.
The commenced provisions relate to the appointment of information and samples coordinators, and to the preparation and agreement of information and samples plans in relation to the transfer, expiry, revocation or surrender of rights under an offshore licence, and provide a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal on prescribed grounds against the preparation by the Oil and Gas Authority of an information and samples plan.
Regulation 3 provides that the sanction for failure to agree an information and samples plan in advance of a licence event does not apply before 12th November 2017.
Source: HMSO.