Cox and Ors R - On the Application Of v The Oil And Gas Authority and Ors 2022 EWHC 75 Admin - 18 January 2022
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2022
Summary
Introduction
The Oil and Gas Authority ("OGA") is a statutory company whose only shareholder is the Secretary of State. It regulates petroleum recovery and is responsible for licensing and approval decision-making. It administers an Oil and Gas Authority Strategy approved by Parliament. That strategy is statutorily required to be in place pursuant to Part IA of the Petroleum Act 1998 ("the Act").
On 16 December 2020 a revised Oil and Gas Authority Strategy ("the Strategy") was laid before Parliament. It was produced pursuant to Part IA of the Act as a revision to "The Maximising Economic Recovery Strategy for the UK" of 18 March 2016. It came into force on 11 February 2021.
By this judicial review, launched on 5 May 2021, that Strategy is challenged by three individuals who are concerned about the climate crisis and are active environmental campaigners.
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