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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Safety Zones) (Application Procedures and Control of Access) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 6th August 2007.
2. In these Regulations—
“general lighthouse authority” has the same meaning as in section 193(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1);
“harbour authority” has the same meaning as in section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964(2);
“major maintenance works” means works relating to any renewable energy installation which has become operational, requiring the attachment to, or anchoring next to, such an installation of a self-elevating platform, jack-up barge, crane barge or other maintenance vessel;
“Renewable Energy Zone” means the area designated by the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) Order 2004(3); and
“standard safety zone” means—
in the case of the proposed or ongoing construction, extension or decommissioning of a wind turbine, or of major maintenance works in respect of such an installation, a safety zone with a radius of 500 metres measured from the outer edge at sea level of the proposed or existing wind turbine tower; or
in the case of the proposed or ongoing operation of a wind turbine, a safety zone with a radius of 50 metres measured from the outer edge at sea level of the proposed or existing wind turbine tower.
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