The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Notification and implementation of changes

4.—(1) The operator must notify the authority of any change planned in the operation of the storage site, including any changes concerning the operator.

(2) A notification under sub-paragraph (1) must specify the date on which the operator proposes to implement the planned change (“the target date”).

(3) Except where sub-paragraph (4) applies, such a notification must be made at least three months before the target date.

(4) If the change solely concerns the operator, the notification must be made at least four weeks before the target date.

(5) The change may not be implemented before the later of—

(a) the target date or any date notified under regulation 10(4)(b) of the Regulations; and

(b) the date notified by the authority in accordance with regulation 10(1)(b)(ii) of the Regulations.

(6) The change may not be implemented if the authority makes a notification to that effect under regulation 10(2)(b) of the Regulations.

(7) Notwithstanding sub-paragraphs (5) and (6), the change may be implemented on or after the later of the dates mentioned in sub-paragraph (5)(a) if the authority has not before then made a notification under regulation 10(1)(b)(ii) or (2)(b) of the Regulations.