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5. In regulation 2 of the Offshore Combustion Installations (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Regulations 2001(1)—
(a)in the definition of “platform” (which accordingly becomes a definition of “petroleum platform”) insert “petroleum” before “platform”;
(b)after that definition insert—
““platform” means—
a petroleum platform; or
a storage or unloading platform;”;
(c)after the definition of “relevant environmental statement” insert—
““reserved area” means the area (together with the places above and below it) comprising—
those parts of the sea adjacent to England from the low water mark to the landward baseline of the United Kingdom territorial sea;
so much of the United Kingdom territorial sea as is adjacent to England or Northern Ireland; and
those areas of sea in a Gas Importation and Storage Zone (within the meaning of section 1(5) of the Energy Act 2008);”; and
(d)after the definition of “Scottish controlled waters” insert—
““storage or unloading platform” means any fixed or floating structure situated in the reserved area which—
is used for the purposes of, or in connection with, an activity within section 2(3) or section 17(2) of the Energy Act 2008;
in the case of a floating structure, is maintained on a station during the course of carrying on such an activity; and
in either case, is not a structure the principal purpose of whose use is an activity within section 2(3)(e) or 17(2)(c);”.
S.I. 2001/1091, amended by S.I. 2005/2055 and 2007/938.
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