The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

PART 1 Preliminary

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015 and comes into force on 26th August 2015.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(1);

“1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(2);

“1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980(3);

“1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(4);

“1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(5);

“2004 Act” means the Energy Act 2004(6);

“2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

“2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009(7);

“ancillary works” means the ancillary works described in Part 2 (ancillary works) of Schedule 1 (authorised project) and any other works authorised by this Order that are not development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

“authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 and any other development authorised by this Order that is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

“authorised project” means the authorised development and the ancillary works;

“Bizco 2” means Doggerbank Project 2 Bizco Limited (company number 07791977)(8);

“Bizco 3” means Doggerbank Project 3 Bizco Limited (company number 07791964)(9);

“book of reference” means the book of reference certified as the book of reference by the Secretary of State under article 42 (certification of plans and documents, etc.);

“building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection;

“cable” includes, in respect of an onshore cable, a direct-lay cable and a cable laid in a cable duct and, in respect of an onshore or offshore cable, a fibre-optic cable;

“cable crossing” means the crossing of existing subsea cables and pipelines by the inter-array, inter-platform or export cables authorised by this Order together with physical protection measures including cable protection;

“cable protection” means measures to protect cables from physical damage and exposure due to loss of seabed sediment including, but are not limited to, the use of bagged solutions filled with grout or other materials, protective aprons or coverings, mattresses, flow energy dissipation devices or rock and gravel burial;

“carriageway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act(10);

“combined platform” means a single offshore platform combining 2 or more of the following—

(a)

an offshore collector platform;

(b)

an offshore converter platform;

(c)

an offshore accommodation or helicopter platform;

“commence” means—

(a)

in relation to marine activities licensed by Marine Licences 1 to 4, begin to carry out any of those activities except for pre-construction surveys and monitoring;

(b)

in any other case, begin to carry out any material operation (as defined in section 155 of the 2008 Act) in respect of the authorised development or forming part of the authorised project except for operations consisting of site clearance, archaeological investigations, investigations for the purpose of assessing ground conditions, remedial work in respect of any contamination or other adverse ground conditions, the diversion and laying of services, the erection of any temporary means of enclosure and the temporary display of site notices or advertisements;

and “commencement” must be construed accordingly;

“commercial operation” means—

(a)

in relation to Project A, the exporting, on a commercial basis, of electricity from the wind turbine generators comprised in Project A;

(b)

in relation to Project B, the exporting, on a commercial basis, of electricity from the wind turbine generators comprised in Project B;

(c)

in relation to any other part of the authorised project, the exporting, transmission or conversion, on a commercial basis, of electricity;

“construction compound” means a secure temporary construction area associated with the onshore works (including temporary fencing, lighting and ground preparation) to be used for the location of site offices; general storage; storage of plant, cable drums, ducting and other construction materials; welfare facilities; car parking; waste management; lay-down areas; bunded generators; and fuel storage or any other means of enclosure of areas required for construction purposes;

“electrical converter substation and compound” means an electrical converter housed within 1 or more converter halls and a compound containing electrical equipment including power transformers, switchgear, reactive compensation equipment, harmonic filters, cables, lightning protection systems including masts, control buildings, communications masts, back-up generators, access, fencing and other associated equipment, structures or buildings;

“environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State under article 42 together with any supplementary or further environmental information submitted in support of the application for this Order;

“gravity base foundation” means a foundation type that rests on the seabed and supports a wind turbine generator, meteorological station or offshore platform primarily due to its own weight and that of added ballast, with or without skirts or other additional fixings, which may include associated equipment including J-tubes and access platforms and separate topside connection structures or an integrated transition piece. (Sub-types for wind turbine generators and meteorological stations include conical gravity base and flat-based gravity base foundations. Sub-types for platforms include offshore platform conical or flat-base gravity base foundations and offshore platform semi-submersible gravity base foundations);

“highway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act(11);

“highway authority” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act(12);

“HVAC” means high voltage alternating current;

“HVDC” means high voltage direct current;

“land plans” means the plans certified as the offshore and onshore land plans by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“maintain” includes upkeep, inspect, repair, adjust, alter, relay and remove, to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and any derivative of maintain must be construed accordingly;

“Marine Licence 1” means the marine licence in Schedule 8 (Marine Licence 1: Project A Offshore Generation – Work Nos. 1A and 2T);

“Marine Licence 2” means the marine licence in Schedule 9 (Marine Licence 2: Project B Offshore Generation – Work Nos. 1B and 2T);

“Marine Licence 3” means the marine licence in Schedule 10 (Marine Licence 3: Project A Offshore Transmission – Work Nos. 2A, 3A and 2T);

“Marine Licence 4” means the marine licence in Schedule 11 (Marine Licence 4: Project B Offshore Transmission – Work Nos. 2B, 3B and 2T);

“MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;

“meteorological mast” or “meteorological station” means a fixed or floating structure housing or incorporating equipment to measure wind speed and other meteorological and oceanographic characteristics, including a topside which may house electrical switchgear and communication equipment and associated equipment, and marking and lighting;

“MHWS” (mean high water springs) means the highest level that spring tides reach on average over a period of time;

“MLWS” (mean low water springs) means the average of the low water heights occurring at the time of spring tides (which is also the outermost extent of the relevant planning authority’s jurisdiction);

“MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

“monopole foundation” means a foundation option based around a single vertical pillar structure driven, drilled, or embedded into the seabed by means such as suction or gravity. This main support structure may change in diameter via tapers and abrupt steps. (Sub-types for wind turbine generators and meteorological stations include monopole with steel monopile footing, monopole with concrete monopile footing and monopole with a single suction-installed bucket footing);

“multi-leg foundation” means a foundation option based around structures with several legs or footings. This includes jackets, tripods and other structures which include multiple large tubulars, cross-bracing or lattices. Multi-leg foundations may be fixed to the seabed by footings which are driven, drilled, screwed, jacked-up or embedded into the seabed by means such as suction or gravity. (Sub-types for wind turbine generators and meteorological stations include multi-legs with driven piles, drilled piles, screw piles, suction buckets and jack-up foundations. Sub-types for platforms include offshore platform jacket foundations (potentially using driven piles, suction buckets or screw piles) and offshore platform jack-up foundations);

“National Grid substation” means the existing National Grid Electricity Transmission plc substation located at Lackenby;

“offshore accommodation or helicopter platform” means a platform (either singly or as part of a combined platform) housing or incorporating some or all of the following: accommodation for staff during the construction, operation and decommissioning of the offshore works, landing facilities for vessels and helicopters, re-fuelling facilities, communication and control systems, electrical systems such as metering and control systems, small- and large-scale electrical power systems, J-tubes, auxiliary and uninterruptible power supplies, large-scale energy storage systems, standby electricity generation equipment, cranes, storage for waste and consumables including fuel, marking and lighting and other associated equipment and facilities;

“offshore collector platform” means a platform (either singly or as part of a combined platform) housing or incorporating electrical switchgear or electrical transformers, electrical systems such as metering and control systems, J-tubes, landing facilities for vessels and helicopters, re-fuelling facilities, accommodation for staff during the construction, operation and decommissioning of the offshore works, communication and control systems, auxiliary and uninterruptible power supplies, large-scale energy storage systems, standby electricity generation equipment, cranes, storage for waste and consumables including fuel, marking and lighting and other associated equipment and facilities;

“offshore converter platform” means a platform (either singly or as part of a combined platform) housing or incorporating HVDC electrical switchgear or electrical transformers and other equipment to enable HVDC transmission to be used to convey the power output of the multiple wind turbine generators to shore including electrical systems such as metering and control systems, J-tubes, landing facilities for vessels and helicopters, re-fuelling facilities, accommodation for staff during the construction, operation and decommissioning of the offshore works, communication and control systems, auxiliary and uninterruptible power supplies, large-scale energy storage systems, standby electricity generation equipment, cranes, storage for waste and consumables including fuel, marking and lighting and other associated equipment and facilities;

“offshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan” means the plans certified as the offshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“offshore platform” means any of the following—

(a)

an offshore accommodation or helicopter platform;

(b)

an offshore collector platform;

(c)

an offshore converter platform;

(d)

a combined platform;

“offshore works” means (except in Part 3 of Schedule 1) the Project A offshore works, the Project B offshore works and any other authorised development associated with those works;

“offshore works plans” means the plans certified as the offshore works plans by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“onshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan” means the plans certified as the onshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“onshore special category land plan” means the plan certified as the onshore special category land plan by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“onshore works” means (except in Part 3 of Schedule 1) the Project A onshore works, the Project B onshore works, the shared works and any other authorised development associated with those works;

“onshore works plans” means the plans certified as the onshore works plans by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“Order land” means the land shown on the land plans which is within the limits of land to be acquired and described in the book of reference;

“Order limits” means—

(a)

the limits shown on the offshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan within which the offshore works may be constructed as part of the authorised project;

(b)

the limits shown on the onshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan within which the onshore works may be constructed as part of the authorised project;

“outline code of construction practice” means the document certified as the outline code of construction practice by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“outline decommissioning statement” means the document certified as the outline decommissioning statement by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(13);

“Project A” means the Project A offshore works and the Project A onshore works;

“Project A offshore works” means Work Nos. 1A, 2A, 2T and 3A and any other authorised development associated with those works;

“Project A onshore works” means Work Nos. 4A, 5A, 6A and 8A and any other authorised development associated with those works;

“Project B” means the Project B offshore works and the Project B onshore works;

“Project B offshore works” means Work Nos. 1B, 2B, 2T and 3B and any other authorised development associated with those works;

“Project B onshore works” means Work Nos. 4B, 5B, 6B and 8B and any other authorised development associated with those works;

“relevant planning authority” means Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council;

“relevant planning authority for the port” means Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council or, in relation to a port outside Redcar and Cleveland Borough that is used to service the construction of the offshore works, the local planning authority responsible for that port;

“Requirement” means a Requirement set out in Part 3 (requirements) of Schedule 1; and a reference to a numbered Requirement is a reference to the Requirement set out in the paragraph of the same number in that Part;

“scour protection” means measures to prevent loss of seabed sediment around foundation bases by the use of bagged solutions filled with grout or other materials, protective aprons, mattresses, flow energy dissipation devices and rock and gravel burial;

“shared works” means Work Nos. 7, 7L, 8S, 9, 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F, 10G, 10H, 10I, 10J and 10K;

“street” means a street within the meaning of section 48 of the 1991 Act(14), together with land on the verge of a street or between 2 carriageways, and includes part of a street;

“street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act(15);

“streets and public rights of way plan” means the plans certified as the streets and public rights of way plan by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

“undertaker” means, subject to article 8(3) (consent to transfer benefit of Order),—

(a)

in relation to Project A and related ancillary works, Bizco 2;

(b)

in relation to Project B and related ancillary works, Bizco 3;

(c)

in relation to the shared works, Bizco 2 and Bizco 3; and

(d)

in any other case, Bizco 2 and Bizco 3;

“vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water;

“watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, canals, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers and passages through which water flows except a public sewer or drain;

“Wilton Complex” means the industrial and manufacturing plant shown edged red on plan 1 (T-MIS-0065-01) of the Wilton protective provisions supporting plans;

“Wilton protective provisions supporting plans” means the plans certified as the Wilton protective provisions supporting plans by the Secretary of State under article 42;

“wind turbine generator” means a structure comprising a tower, a rotor with 3 blades connected at the hub, a nacelle and ancillary electrical and other equipment which may include J-tubes, transition piece, access and rest platforms, access ladders, boat access systems, corrosion protection systems, fenders and maintenance equipment, helicopter transfer facilities and other associated equipment, fixed to a foundation;

“works plans” means the onshore works plans and the offshore works plans.

(2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the air-space above its surface.

(3) All distances, directions and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate, and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised project are to be taken to be measured along that work, except in respect of the parameters referred to in—

(a) Requirements 3 to 12 and 20;

(b) Conditions 3 to 11 in Marine Licences 1 and 2; and

(c) Conditions 3 to 9 in Marine Licences 3 and 4.

(4) References in this Order to a numbered Work are references to a work numbered in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

(5) References in this Order to points identified by letters are references to the points so lettered on the onshore works plans.

(6) References in this Order to co-ordinates are references to co-ordinates on the World Geodetic System 1984 datum.

(7) In this Order, “includes” must be construed without limitation.

PART 2 Principal powers

Development consent granted by Order

3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order and to the Requirements—

(a) Bizco 2 is granted development consent for Project A and related ancillary works;

(b) Bizco 3 is granted development consent for Project B and related ancillary works; and

(c) Bizco 2 and Bizco 3 are jointly granted development consent for the shared works,

to be carried out within the Order limits.

(2) Schedule 1 (authorised project) has effect.

Maintenance of authorised project

4.—(1) The undertaker may at any time maintain, and maintain from time to time, the authorised project except to the extent that this Order or any agreement made under this Order provides otherwise.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not relieve the undertaker of any requirement to obtain a licence under Part 4 of the 2009 Act (marine licensing).

Operation of generating station

5.—(1) The undertaker is authorised to operate the generating stations(16) comprised in the authorised development.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not relieve the undertaker of any requirement to obtain a permit or licence under any other legislation that may be required from time to time to authorise the operation of a generating station.

Procedure in relation to approvals, etc. under Requirements

6.—(1) Where an application is made to the relevant planning authority or to the relevant planning authority for the port for any consent, agreement or approval required by a Requirement, the following provisions apply in respect of that application as they would if the consent, agreement or approval so required were required by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission—

(a) sections 78 and 79 of the 1990 Act(17) (right of appeal in relation to planning decisions);

(b) any orders, rules or regulations that make provision in relation to a consent, agreement or approval of a local planning authority required by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), orders, rules and regulations make provision in relation to a consent, agreement or approval of a local planning authority required by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission in so far as they make provision in relation to—

(a) an application for such a consent, agreement or approval;

(b) the grant or refusal of such an application;

(c) a failure to give notice of a decision on such an application.

(3) For the purposes of the application of section 262 of the 1990 Act (meaning of “statutory undertaker”) to appeals pursuant to this article, the undertaker is deemed to be a holder of a licence under section 6 of the Electricity Act 1989(18).

(4) Nothing in paragraph (1)(b) affects the application of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009.

Benefit of Order

7.  Subject to article 8, the provisions of this Order have effect solely for the benefit of the undertaker.

Consent to transfer benefit of Order

8.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the undertaker may, with the consent of the Secretary of State (except where paragraph (4) applies, in which case no consent is required),—

(a) transfer to another person (the “transferee”) any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order (including Marine Licences 1 to 4) and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the undertaker and the transferee; or

(b) grant to another person (the “lessee”) for a period agreed between the undertaker and the lessee any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order (including Marine Licences 1 to 4) and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the undertaker and the lessee.

(2) The exercise by a person of any benefits or rights conferred in accordance with a transfer or grant under paragraph (1) is subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations as would apply under this Order if those benefits or rights were exercised by the undertaker.

(3) Where there is a transfer or grant under paragraph (1), references in this Order to the undertaker, except in paragraph (2), include references to the transferee or lessee.

(4) This paragraph applies where the transferee or lessee is a person who holds a licence under the Electricity Act 1989.

(5) The provisions referred to in paragraph (6) have effect only for the benefit of a transferee or lessee who is also—

(a) in respect of Work Nos. 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 7, 7L, 8A, 8B, 8S and 9, a person who holds a licence under the Electricity Act 1989; or

(b) in respect of functions under article 14 (street works) relating to a street, a street authority.

(6) The provisions are—

(a) article 14;

(b) article 15 (temporary stopping up of streets);

(c) article 22 (compulsory acquisition of land);

(d) article 25 (compulsory acquisition of rights);

(e) article 29 (temporary use of land for carrying out authorised project); and

(f) article 30 (temporary use of land for maintaining authorised project).

(7) Despite anything contained in Part 4 of the 2009 Act (marine licensing), but subject to paragraph (2), the undertaker may transfer or grant relevant provisions to another person under paragraph (1) (and section 72(7) and (8) of the 2009 Act do not apply to such a transfer or grant).

(8) Before seeking the Secretary of State’s consent to a transfer or grant of relevant provisions under paragraph (1), the undertaker must—

(a) consult the MMO; and

(b) provide the MMO with—

(i) details of the relevant provisions proposed to be transferred or granted; and

(ii) the information that the undertaker proposes to provide under paragraph (10).

(9) Before consenting to a transfer or grant of relevant provisions under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State must consult the MMO.

(10) As soon as is reasonably practicable but in any event no later than 7 days after the coming into effect of a transfer or grant of relevant provisions to another person, the transferor or grantor must give written notice to the MMO of—

(a) the name and contact details of the other person;

(b) the date on which the transfer or grant took effect;

(c) the relevant provisions transferred or granted;

(d) the restrictions, liabilities and obligations that, pursuant to paragraph (2), apply in relation to the exercise by the other person of any benefits or rights conferred by the transfer or grant;

(e) where relevant, a plan showing the works or areas to which the transfer or grant relates; and

(f) in a case where the Secretary of State’s consent is needed for the transfer or grant, a copy of the consent.

(11) In this article, “relevant provisions” means any of the provisions set out in Part 1 of any of Marine Licences 1, 2, 3 or 4 together with the corresponding conditions set out in Part 2 of the Licence.

Guarantees in respect of payment

9.—(1) Bizco 2 must not exercise a power conferred by Part 5 (powers of acquisition) unless guarantees or alternative forms of security in respect of the liability of the undertaker to pay compensation under that Part are in place.

(2) Bizco 3 must not exercise a power conferred by Part 5 unless guarantees or alternative forms of security in respect of the liability of the undertaker to pay compensation under that Part are in place.

(3) The form of guarantee or security referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), and the amount guaranteed or secured, must be approved by the relevant planning authority; but such approval must not be unreasonably withheld.

(4) The undertaker must provide the relevant planning authority with such information as the relevant planning authority may reasonably require relating to the interests in the land affected by the exercise of the powers conferred by Part 5 for the relevant planning authority to be able to determine the adequacy of the proposed guarantee or security including—

(a) the interests affected; and

(b) the undertaker’s assessment, and the basis of the assessment, of the level of compensation.

(5) A guarantee or other security given in accordance with this article that guarantees or secures the undertaker’s payment of compensation under Part 5 is enforceable against the guarantor or provider of security by any person to whom such compensation is properly payable.

Bizco 2 and Bizo 3 may enter on certain land for purposes of construction

10.—(1) For the purpose of constructing Work Nos. 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A and 8A, Bizco 2 may enter on the land shown on the works plans within the Order limits for Work Nos. 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B and 8B that has been acquired for the purpose of Project B.

(2) For the purpose of constructing Work Nos. 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B and 8B, Bizco 3 may enter on the land shown on the works plans within the Order limits for Work Nos. 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A and 8A that has been acquired for the purpose of Project A.

(3) For the purpose of constructing Work Nos. 2T, 7, 7L, 8S, 9, 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F, 10G, 10H, 10I, 10J and 10K, Bizco 2 (in common with Bizco 3), and Bizco 3 (in common with Bizco 2), may enter on the land required for those works.

Disapplication and modification of legislative provisions

11.—(1) The following provisions do not apply in relation to the construction of works carried out for the purpose of, or in connection with, the construction or maintenance of the authorised project—

(a) the provisions of any byelaws made under, or having effect as if made under, paragraph 5, 6 or 6A of Schedule 25 to the Water Resources Act 1991(19) (byelaw-making powers of the Appropriate Agency) that require consent or approval for the carrying out of the works;

(b) the provisions of any byelaws made under, or having effect as if made under, section 66 of the Land Drainage Act 1991(20) (powers to make byelaws) that require consent or approval for the carrying out of the works.

(2) For the purpose of carrying out development authorised by this Order only, regulation 6(1) of the Hedgerows Regulations 1997(21) (permitted work) is deemed to be amended by inserting the following sub-paragraph after sub-paragraph (e)—

“(ea) for carrying out development for which development consent is conferred under an order pursuant to section 114 of the Planning Act 2008;”.

Offshore works: abandonment, decay or removal

12.—(1) Where the offshore works or any part of them are abandoned or allowed to fall into decay the Secretary of State may, following consultation with the undertaker, issue a written notice requiring the undertaker at its own expense—

(a) to repair and restore or remove the offshore works or any part of them; and

(b) to restore the site of the offshore works or any part of it to a safe and appropriate condition, having regard to any requirement that appears to the Secretary of State to be relevant, within an area and to such an extent as may be specified in the notice.

(2) Where the offshore works or any part of them are removed (other than in accordance with paragraph (1)), the Secretary of State may, following consultation with the undertaker and the relevant statutory nature conservation body, issue a written notice requiring the undertaker at its own expense to restore the site of the offshore works or any part of it to a safe and appropriate condition, having regard to any requirement that appears to the Secretary of State to be relevant, within an area and to such an extent as may be specified in the notice.

(3) Nothing in this article limits the Secretary of State’s power under Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the 2004 Act (decommissioning of offshore installations).

Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance

13.—(1) Where proceedings are brought under section 82(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(22) (summary proceedings by person aggrieved by statutory nuisance) in relation to a nuisance falling within section 79(1)(g) of that Act (noise emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance) no order may be made, and no fine may be imposed, under section 82(2) of that Act if the defendant shows that the nuisance—

(a) relates to premises used by the undertaker for the purposes of or in connection with the construction or maintenance of the authorised project and is attributable to the carrying out of the authorised project in accordance with a notice served under section 60 (control of noise on construction site), or a consent given under section 61 (prior consent for work on construction site) or 65 (noise exceeding registered level), of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(23);

(b) is a consequence of the construction or maintenance of the authorised project and cannot reasonably be avoided;

(c) relates to premises used by the undertaker for the purposes of or in connection with the use of the authorised project and is attributable to the use of the authorised project being used in compliance with Requirement 30 (control of noise during operational phase); or

(d) is a consequence of the use of the authorised project and cannot reasonably be avoided.

(2) Section 61(9) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (consent for work on construction site to include statement that it does not of itself constitute a defence to proceedings under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990) and section 65(8) of that Act (corresponding provision in relation to consent for registered noise level to be exceeded) do not apply where the consent relates to the use of premises by the undertaker for the purposes of or in connection with the construction or maintenance of the authorised project.

(3) This article does not affect the application to the authorised development of section 158 of the 2008 Act (nuisance: statutory authority) or any rule of common law having similar effect.

PART 3 Streets

Street works

14.—(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 2 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and shown on the streets and public rights of way plan and may—

(a) break up or open the street or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;

(b) tunnel or bore under the street;

(c) place apparatus under the street;

(d) maintain apparatus under the street or change its position; and

(e) execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).

(2) The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, street works and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised street works) of the 1991 Act.

(3) Sections 54 to 106 of the 1991 Act(24) apply to any street works carried out under paragraph (1).

(4) In this article, “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act(25).

Temporary stopping up of streets

15.—(1) The undertaker, during and for the purposes of carrying out the authorised project, may temporarily stop up, alter or divert any street and may for any reasonable time—

(a) divert the traffic from the street; and

(b) subject to paragraph (2), prevent persons from passing along the street.

(2) The undertaker must provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the temporary stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.

(3) Without limiting paragraph (1), the undertaker may temporarily stop up, alter or divert the streets specified in Schedule 3 (streets to be temporarily stopped up) to the extent specified by reference to the letters and numbers shown on the streets and public rights of way plan.

(4) The undertaker must not temporarily stop up, alter or divert—

(a) any street specified as mentioned in paragraph (3) without first consulting the street authority; and

(b) any other street without the consent of the street authority, which may attach reasonable conditions to any consent.

(5) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

Access to works

16.  The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project,—

(a) form and lay out means of access, or improve existing means of access, in the locations specified in Schedule 4 (access to works);

(b) with the approval of the relevant planning authority after consultation with the highway authority, form and lay out such other means of access or improve existing means of access, at such locations within the Order limits as the undertaker reasonably requires.

Agreements with street authorities

17.—(1) A street authority and the undertaker may enter into agreements with respect to—

(a) the construction of a new street (including any structure carrying the street over or under the authorised development) under the powers conferred by this Order;

(b) the maintenance of the structure of a bridge or tunnel carrying a street over or under the authorised development;

(c) the stopping up, alternation or diversion of a street under the powers conferred by this Order; or

(d) the execution in a street referred to in article 14 (street works) of any of the works referred to in that article.

(2) Such an agreement may, without limiting paragraph (1),—

(a) provide for the street authority to carry out any function under this Order that relates to the street in question;

(b) include an agreement between the undertaker and the street authority specifying a reasonable time for the completion of the works; and

(c) contains such terms as to payment and otherwise as the parties consider appropriate.

PART 4 Supplemental powers

Discharge of water

18.—(1) The undertaker may use any watercourse or any public sewer or drain for the drainage of water in connection with the carrying out or maintenance of the authorised project and for that purpose may lay down, take up and alter pipes and may, on any land within the Order limits, make openings into, and connections with, the watercourse, public sewer or drain.

(2) Any dispute arising from the making of connections to or the use of a public sewer or drain by the undertaker pursuant to paragraph (1) must be determined as if it were a dispute under section 106 of the Water Industry Act 1991(26) (right to communicate with public sewers).

(3) The undertaker must not discharge any water into a watercourse, public sewer or drain except with the consent of the person to whom it belongs; and such consent may be given subject to such terms and conditions as the person may reasonably impose, but must not be unreasonably withheld.

(4) The undertaker must not make any opening into a public sewer or drain except—

(a) in accordance with plans approved by the person to whom the sewer or drain belongs, but such approval must not be unreasonably withheld; and

(b) where the person has been given the opportunity to supervise the making of the opening.

(5) The undertaker must not, in carrying out or maintaining works pursuant to this article, damage or interfere with the bed or banks of a watercourse forming part of a main river.

(6) The undertaker must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that any water discharged into a watercourse or public sewer or drain pursuant to this article is as free as may be practicable from gravel, soil or other solid substance, oil or matter in suspension.

(7) This article does not authorise a groundwater activity or a water discharge activity within the meaning of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010(27).

(8) In this article—

(a) “public sewer or drain” means a sewer or drain that belongs to the Environment Agency, an internal drainage board, a local authority or a sewerage undertaker(28); and

(b) other expressions, excluding watercourse, used both in this article and in the Water Resources Act 1991 have the same meaning as in that Act.

(9) This article does not relieve the undertaker of any obligation to obtain a permit or licence from the Environment Agency or of any other obligation under any other legislation that may be required to authorise the making of a connection to, or the use of, a public sewer or drain by the undertaker pursuant to paragraph (1) or the discharge of any water into any watercourse, sewer or drain pursuant to paragraph (2).

Protective work to buildings

19.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the undertaker may at its own expense carry out such protective works to any building within the Order limits shown on the onshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan as the undertaker considers necessary or expedient.

(2) Protective works may be carried out—

(a) at any time before or during the carrying out in the vicinity of the building of any part of the authorised project; or

(b) after the completion of that stage of the authorised project in the vicinity of the building at any time up to the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which that stage of the authorised project is brought into commercial operation.

(3) For the purpose of determining how the functions under this article are to be exercised the undertaker may enter and survey any building falling within paragraph (1) and any land within its curtilage.

(4) For the purpose of carrying out protective works under this article to a building the undertaker may (subject to paragraphs (5) and (6))—

(a) enter the building and any land within its curtilage; and

(b) where the works cannot be carried out reasonably conveniently without entering land that is adjacent to the building but outside its curtilage, enter the adjacent land (but not any building erected on it).

(5) Before exercising—

(a) a right under paragraph (1) to carry out protective works to a building;

(b) a right under paragraph (3) to enter a building and land within its curtilage;

(c) a right under paragraph (4)(a) to enter a building and land within its curtilage; or

(d) a right under paragraph (4)(b) to enter land,

the undertaker must, except in the case of emergency, serve on the owners and occupiers of the building or land not less than 14 days’ notice of its intention to exercise that right and, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (c), the notice must specify the protective works proposed to be carried out.

(6) Where a notice is served under paragraph (5)(a), (c) or (d), the owner or occupier of the building or land concerned may, by serving a counter-notice within 10 days beginning with the day on which the notice was served, require the question whether it is necessary or expedient to carry out the protective works or to enter the building or land to be referred to arbitration under article 44 (arbitration).

(7) The undertaker must compensate the owners and occupiers of any building or land in relation to which rights under this article have been exercised for any loss or damage arising to them by reason of the exercise of those rights.

(8) Where—

(a) protective works are carried out under this article to a building; and

(b) within 5 years beginning with the day on which the part of the authorised project carried out in the vicinity of the building is brought into commercial operation it appears that the protective works are inadequate to protect the building against damage caused by the carrying out or use of that stage of the authorised project,

the undertaker must compensate the owners and occupiers of the building for any loss or damage sustained by them.

(9) Nothing in this article relieves the undertaker of any liability to pay compensation under section 10(2) of the 1965 Act (further provision as to compensation for injurious affection).

(10) Any compensation payable under paragraph (7) or (8) must be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act (determination of questions of disputed compensation).

(11) In this article, “protective works”, in relation to a building, means—

(a) underpinning, strengthening and any other works the purpose of which is to prevent damage that may be caused to the building by the carrying out, maintenance or use of the authorised project; and

(b) any works, the purpose of which is to remedy any damage that has been caused to the building by the carrying out, maintenance or use of the authorised project.

Authority to survey and investigate land

20.—(1) The undertaker may for the purposes of this Order enter on any land within the Order limits shown on the onshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan or that may be affected by the authorised project and—

(a) survey or investigate the land;

(b) without limiting sub-paragraph (a), make trial holes in such positions on the land as the undertaker thinks fit to investigate the nature of the surface layer and subsoil and remove soil samples;

(c) without limiting sub-paragraph (a), carry out ecological or archaeological investigations on the land; and

(d) place on, leave on and remove from the land apparatus for use in connection with the survey and investigation of land and the making of trial holes.

(2) No land may be entered or equipment placed or left on or removed from the land under paragraph (1) unless at least 14 days’ notice has been served on every owner and occupier of the land.

(3) Any person entering land under this article on behalf of the undertaker—

(a) must, if so required entering the land, produce written evidence of the authority to do so; and

(b) may take with him or her such vehicles and equipment as are necessary to carry out the survey or investigation or to make the trial holes.

(4) No trial holes may be made under this article—

(a) in land located within the highway boundary without the consent of the highway authority; or

(b) in a private street without the consent of the street authority,

but such consent must not be unreasonably withheld.

(5) After completion of the activities being undertaken pursuant to this article, any apparatus must be removed as soon as practicable, and the land must be restored to its original condition.

(6) The undertaker must compensate the owners and occupiers of the land for any loss or damage arising by reason of the exercise of the powers conferred by this article, such compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.

(7) This article applies in relation to the onshore works only.

Removal of human remains

21.—(1) In this article, “specified land” means the land within the limits shown on the onshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan.

(2) Before the undertaker carries out any development or works that disturb or may disturb any human remains in the specified land, it must remove the human remains from the specified land, or cause them to be removed, in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(3) Before any such remains are removed from the specified land, the undertaker must give notice of the intended removal, describing the specified land and stating the general effect of the following provisions of this article, by—

(a) publishing a notice in 2 successive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area of the authorised project; and

(b) displaying a notice in a conspicuous place on or near to the specified land.

(4) As soon as reasonably practicable after the first publication of a notice under paragraph (3), the undertaker must send a copy of the notice to the relevant planning authority.

(5) At any time within 56 days after the first publication of a notice under paragraph (3), any person who is a personal representative or relative of any deceased person whose remains are interred in the specified land may give notice in writing to the undertaker of that person’s intention to undertake the removal of the remains.

(6) Where a person has given notice under paragraph (5), and the remains in question can be identified, the person must cause such remains to be—

(a) removed and re-interred in any burial ground or cemetery in which burials may legally take place; or

(b) removed to, and cremated in, any crematorium,

and the person must, as soon as reasonably practicable after such re-interment or cremation, provide to the undertaker a certificate for the purpose of enabling compliance with paragraph (11).

(7) If the undertaker is not satisfied that any person giving notice under paragraph (5) is the personal representative or relative as that person claims to be, or that the remains in question can be identified, the question must be determined on the application of either party in a summary manner by the county court, and the court may make an order specifying who must remove the remains and as to the payment of the costs of the application.

(8) The undertaker must pay the reasonable expenses of removing and re-interring or cremating the remains of any deceased person under this article.

(9) If—

(a) within the period of 56 days referred to in paragraph (5) no notice under that paragraph is given to the undertaker in respect of any remains in the specified land;

(b) notice under paragraph (5) is given and no application is made under paragraph (7) within 56 days after the giving of the notice, but the person who gave the notice fails to remove the remains within a further period of 56 days;

(c) within 56 days after any order is made by the county court under paragraph (7) any person, other than the undertaker, specified in the order fails to remove the remains; or

(d) it is determined that the remains to which a notice under paragraph (5) relates cannot be identified,

subject to paragraph (10), the undertaker must remove the remains and cause them to be re-interred in such burial ground or cemetery in which burials may legally take place as the undertaker thinks suitable for the purpose; and, so far as possible, remains from individual graves are to be re-interred in individual containers which are to be identifiable by a record prepared with reference to the original position of burial of the remains that they contain.

(10) If the undertaker is satisfied that any person giving notice under paragraph (5) is the personal representative or relative as the person claims to be and that the remains in question can be identified, but the person does not remove the remains, the undertaker must comply with any reasonable request that the person makes in relation to the removal and re-interment or cremation of the remains.

(11) On the re-interment or cremation of any remains under this article—

(a) a certificate of re-interment or cremation must be sent to the Registrar-General by the undertaker giving the date of re-interment or cremation and identifying the place from which the remains were removed and the place in which they were re-interred or cremated; and

(b) a copy of the certificate of re-interment or cremation and of the record mentioned in paragraph (9) must be sent by the undertaker to the relevant planning authority.

(12) The removal of the remains of any deceased person under this article must be carried out in accordance with any directions given by the Secretary of State.

(13) Any jurisdiction or function conferred on the county court by this article may be exercised by the district judge of the court.

(14) Section 25 of the Burial Act 1857(29) (offence of removal of body from burial ground) does not apply to a removal carried out in accordance with this article.

PART 5 Powers of acquisition

Compulsory acquisition of land

22.—(1) Bizco 2 may acquire compulsorily so much of the Order land as is required for the Project A onshore works, the Project A offshore works or the shared works or to facilitate, or is incidental to, the construction and maintenance of those works.

(2) Bizco 3 may acquire compulsorily so much of the Order land as is required for the Project B onshore works, the Project B offshore works or the shared works or to facilitate, or is incidental to, the construction and maintenance of those works.

(3) From the relevant date, the Order land (or any part of it) is discharged from all rights, trusts and incidents to which it was previously subject.

(4) In paragraph (3), “relevant date” means—

(a) the date on which the Order land (or any part of it) vests in the undertaker; or

(b) any later date specified for the purposes of this article in relation to the Order land (or any part of it) in a notice given to every person on whom a notice under section 134 of the 2008 Act (notice of authorisation of compulsory acquisition) is required to be served.

(5) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(6) This article is subject to—

(a) article 10 (Bizco 2 and Bizco 3 may enter certain land for purposes of construction);

(b) article 25 (compulsory acquisition of rights);

(c) article 29 (temporary use of land for carrying out authorised project).

Compulsory acquisition of land: minerals

23.  Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(minerals) is incorporated in this Order, subject to the modifications that for “acquiring authority” there is substituted “undertaker”.

Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily, etc.

24.—(1) After 25th August 2022—

(a) no notice to treat may be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and

(b) no declaration may be executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981(30) as applied by article 27 (application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).

(2) The authority conferred by article 29 (temporary use of land for carrying out authorised project) ceases at the end of 25th August 2022, but nothing in this paragraph prevents the undertaker remaining in possession of land after that date, if the land was entered, and possession taken, on or before 25th August 2022.

Compulsory acquisition of rights

25.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the undertaker may acquire compulsorily such rights over the Order land as may be required for any purpose for which that land may be acquired under article 22 (compulsory acquisition of land) by creating them as well as by acquiring rights already in existence.

(2) In the case of the Order land specified in an entry in column (1) of Schedule 5 (land in which only new rights, etc. may be acquired), the powers of compulsory acquisition conferred by this Order are limited to the acquisition by the undertaker referred to in the corresponding entry in column (2) of such new rights as may be required for the purpose specified in relation to that land in that entry and described in the book of reference.

(3) From the relevant date (see article 22(4)), the land over which any new right is acquired is discharged from all rights, trusts and incidents to which it was previously subject, so far as their continuance would be inconsistent with the exercise of that new right.

(4) Subject to section 8 of the 1965 Act(31), where the undertaker acquires a right over the Order land under this article, the undertaker is not required to acquire a greater interest in that land.

(5) After completion of any activities in exercise of the rights under this article, the land affected must be restored, so far as practicable, to its original condition.

(6) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(7) Schedule 6 (modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights) has effect for the purpose of modifying the enactments referred to in that Schedule in their application in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right over land by the creation of a new right.

Private rights of way

26.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights of way over land subject to compulsory acquisition under this Order are extinguished—

(a) from the date of acquisition of the land by the undertaker, whether compulsorily or by agreement; or

(b) on the date of entry on the land by the undertaker under section 11(1) of the 1965 Act(32) (power of entry),

whichever is the earlier.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights of way over land owned by the undertaker that, being within the limits of land that may be acquired shown on the land plans, is required for the purposes of this Order are extinguished on the appropriation of the land by the undertaker for any of those purposes.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights of way over land of which the undertaker takes temporary possession under this Order are suspended and unenforceable for as long as the undertaker remains in lawful possession of the land.

(4) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(5) This article does not apply in relation to any right of way to which section 138 of the 2008 Act(33) (extinguishment of rights, and removal of apparatus, of statutory undertakers etc.) or article 31 (statutory undertakers) applies.

(6) Paragraphs (1) to (3) have effect subject to—

(a) any notice given by the undertaker before—

(i) the completion of the acquisition of the land;

(ii) the undertaker’s appropriation of it;

(iii) the undertaker’s entry onto it; or

(iv) the undertaker’s taking temporary possession of it,

that any or all of those paragraphs do not apply to any right of way specified in the notice; or

(b) any agreement made at any time between the undertaker and the person in or to whom the right of way in question is vested or belongs.

(7) If an agreement referred to in paragraph (6)(b)—

(a) is made with a person in or to whom the right of way is vested or belongs; and

(b) is expressed to have effect also for the benefit of those deriving title from or under that person,

the agreement is effective in respect of the persons so deriving title, whether the title was derived before or after the making of the agreement.

Application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

27.—(1) The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 applies as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order.

(2) The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, as so applied, has effect with the following modifications.

(3) In section 3 (preliminary notices), for subsection (1) there is substituted—

“(1) Before making a declaration under section 4 with respect to any land which is subject to a compulsory purchase order, the acquiring authority must include the particulars specified in subsection (3) in a notice which is—

(a) given to every person with a relevant interest in the land with respect to which the declaration must be made (other than a mortgagee who is not in possession); and

(b) published in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated. ”

(4) In that section, in subsection (2), for “(1)(b)” there is substituted “(1)” and after “given” there is inserted “and published”.

(5) In that section, for subsections (5) and (6) there is substituted—

“(5) For the purposes of this section, a person has a relevant interest in land if—

(a) the person is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the land, whether in possession or in reversion; or

(b) the person holds, or is entitled to the rents and profits of, the land under a lease or agreement, the unexpired term of which exceeds 1 month.”

(6) In section 5 (earliest date for execution of declaration)—

(a) in subsection (1), after “publication” there is inserted “in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated”; and

(b) subsection (2) is omitted.

(7) In section 7 (constructive notice to treat), in subsection (1)(a), the words “(as modified by section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981)” are omitted.

(8) References to the 1965 Act in the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 must be construed as references to that Act as applied by section 125 of the 2008 Act to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order.

Rights under or over streets

28.—(1) The undertaker may enter on, and appropriate so much of the subsoil of or air-space over, any street within the Order limits as may be required for the purposes of the authorised project and may use the subsoil or air-space for those purposes or any other purpose ancillary to the authorised project.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the undertaker may exercise any power conferred by paragraph (1) in relation to a street without being required to acquire any part of the street or any easement or right in the street.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to—

(a) any subway or underground building; or

(b) any cellar, vault, arch or other construction in, on or under a street that forms part of a building fronting onto the street.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), any person who—

(a) is an owner or occupier of land appropriated under paragraph (1) without the undertaker acquiring any part of that person’s interest in the land; and

(b) suffers loss as a result,

is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(5) Compensation is not payable under paragraph (4) to any person who is an undertaker to whom section 85 of the 1991 Act (sharing cost of necessary measures) applies in respect of measures of which the allowable costs are to be borne in accordance with that section.

Temporary use of land for carrying out authorised project

29.—(1) The undertaker may, in connection with the carrying out of the authorised project, enter on and take temporary possession of the land specified in an entry in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 7 (land of which temporary possession may be taken) for the purpose specified in relation to that land in the corresponding entry in column (3) relating to the part of the authorised project specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) for the purpose of exercising the rights identified in Class 9 in the book of reference.

(2) Not less than 14 days before entering on and taking temporary possession of land under this article, the undertaker must serve notice of the intended entry on the owners and occupiers of the land.

(3) The undertaker must not, without the agreement of the owners of the land, remain in possession of any land under this article after the end of the period of 1 year beginning with the date of completion of the part of the authorised project specified in relation to that land in column (4) of Schedule 7.

(4) Before giving up possession of land of which temporary possession has been taken under this article, the undertaker must remove all temporary works and restore the land to the reasonable satisfaction of the owners of the land; but the undertaker is not required to replace a building removed under this article.

(5) The undertaker must pay compensation to the owners and occupiers of land of which temporary possession is taken under this article for any loss or damage arising from the exercise in relation to the land of any power conferred by this article.

(6) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (5), or as to the amount of the compensation, must be determined under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(7) Nothing in this article affects any liability to pay compensation under section 10(2) of the 1965 Act (further provisions as to compensation for injurious affection) or under any other enactment in respect of loss or damage arising from the carrying out of the authorised project, other than loss or damage for which compensation is payable under paragraph (5).

(8) The undertaker may not compulsorily acquire under this Order the land referred to in paragraph (1).

(9) Where the undertaker takes possession of land under this article, the undertaker is not required to acquire the land or any interest in it.

(10) Section 13 of the 1965 Act(34) (refusal to give possession to acquiring authority) applies to the temporary use of land pursuant to this article to the same extent as it applies to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order by virtue of section 125 of the 2008 Act (application of compulsory acquisition provisions).

Temporary use of land for maintaining authorised project

30.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), at any time during the maintenance period relating to any part of the authorised project, the undertaker may—

(a) enter on and take temporary possession of any land within the Order limits shown on the onshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan if such possession is reasonably required for the purpose of maintaining the authorised project; and

(b) construct such temporary works (including the provision of means of access) and buildings on the land as may be reasonably necessary for that purpose.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not authorise the undertaker to take temporary possession of—

(a) any house or garden belonging to a house; or

(b) any building (other than a house) if it is for the time being occupied.

(3) Not less than 28 days before entering on and taking temporary possession of land under this article, the undertaker must serve notice of the intended entry on the owners and occupiers of the land.

(4) The undertaker may remain in possession of land under this article only for so long as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the maintenance of the part of the authorised project for which possession of the land was taken.

(5) Before giving up possession of land of which temporary possession has been taken under this article, the undertaker must remove all temporary works and restore the land to the reasonable satisfaction of the owners of the land.

(6) The undertaker must pay compensation to the owners and occupiers of land of which temporary possession is taken under this article for any loss or damage arising from the exercise in relation to the land of the provisions of this article.

(7) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (6), or as to the amount of the compensation, must be determined under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(8) Nothing in this article affects any liability to pay compensation under section 10(2) of the 1965 Act (further provisions as to compensation for injurious affection) or under any other enactment in respect of loss or damage arising from the maintenance of the authorised project, other than loss or damage for which compensation is payable under paragraph (6).

(9) Where the undertaker takes possession of land under this article, the undertaker is not required to acquire the land or any interest in it.

(10) Section 13 of the 1965 Act (refusal to give possession to acquiring authority) applies to the temporary use of land pursuant to this article to the same extent as it applies to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order by virtue of section 125 of the 2008 Act (application of compulsory acquisition provisions).

(11) In this article, “maintenance period”, in relation to any part of the authorised project, means the period of 5 years beginning with the date on which that stage of the authorised project is brought into commercial operation.

Statutory undertakers

31.—(1) In accordance with this Order and subject to Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 12 (protective provisions), the undertaker may—

(a) acquire compulsorily the land belonging to statutory undertakers shown on the land plans within the Order limits and described in the book of reference;

(b) extinguish rights of, and remove or reposition apparatus belonging to, statutory undertakers within the Order limits; and

(c) acquire compulsorily the new rights over land belonging to statutory undertakers within the Order limits referred to in Schedule 5 and described in the book of reference.

(2) In this article, “statutory undertaker” means—

(a) a person falling within section 127(8) of the 2008 Act; and

(b) a public communications provider (as defined in section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003(35)).

Recovery of costs of new connections

32.—(1) Where any apparatus of a public utility undertaker or of a public communications provider is removed under article 31 (statutory undertakers), any person who is the owner or occupier of premises to which a supply was given from that apparatus is entitled to recover from the undertaker compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by that person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of effecting a connection between the premises and any other apparatus from which a supply is given.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of the removal of a public sewer, but where such a sewer is removed under article 31, any person who is—

(a) the owner or occupier of premises, the drains of which communicated with the sewer; or

(b) the owner of a private sewer that communicated with the sewer,

is entitled to recover from the undertaker compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by that person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of making the drain or sewer belonging to that person communicate with any other public sewer or with a private sewerage disposal plant.

(3) This article does not have effect in relation to apparatus to which Part 3 of the 1991 Act applies.

(4) In this article—

“public communications provider” has the same meaning as in section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003;

“public utility undertaker” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act(36).

Application of landlord and tenant law

33.—(1) This article applies to—

(a) an agreement for leasing to a person the whole or any part of the authorised project or the right to operate the same; and

(b) an agreement entered into by the undertaker with a person for the construction, maintenance, use or operation of the authorised project, or any part of it,

so far as the agreement relates to the terms on which land that is the subject of a lease granted by or under the agreement is to be provided for the person’s use.

(2) No enactment or rule of law regulating the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants prejudices the operation of an agreement to which this article applies.

(3) Accordingly, no such enactment or rule of law applies in relation to the rights and obligations of the parties to any lease granted by or under such an agreement so as to—

(a) exclude or in any respect modify any of the rights and obligations of those parties under the terms of the lease, whether with respect to the termination of the tenancy or any other matter;

(b) confer or impose on any such party any right or obligation arising out of or connected with anything done or omitted on or in relation to land that is the subject of the lease, in addition to any such right or obligation provided for by the terms of the lease; or

(c) restrict the enforcement (whether by action for damages or otherwise) by any party to the lease of any obligation of any other party under the lease.

Special category land

34.—(1) On the exercise by the undertaker of the Order rights, so much of the special category land as is required for the purposes of the exercise of those rights is, from the relevant day (see article 22(4)), discharged from all rights, trusts and incidents to which it was previously subject, so far as their continuance would be inconsistent with the exercise of the Order rights.

(2) In this article—

“Order rights” means rights exercisable over the special category land by the undertaker under article 25 (compulsory acquisition of rights);

“special category land” means the land identified as forming open space and numbered as plots 1, 2A and 2B in the book of reference and on the onshore special category land plan.

PART 6 Miscellaneous and general

Railway and navigation undertakings

35.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the undertaker must not under article 14 (street works) break up or open a street where the street, not being a highway maintainable at public expense (within the meaning of the 1980 Act)—

(a) is under the control or management of, or is maintainable by, a railway undertaker or a navigation authority; or

(b) forms part of a level crossing belonging to such an undertaker or authority or to any other person,

except with the consent of the undertaker or authority or, as the case may be, person to whom the level crossing belongs.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the carrying out under this Order of emergency works within the meaning of Part 3 of the 1991 Act.

(3) A consent given for the purpose of paragraph (1) may be made subject to such reasonable conditions as specified by the person giving it, but must not be unreasonably withheld.

(4) In this article, “navigation authority” means any person who has a duty or power under any enactment to work, maintain, conserve, improve or control any canal or other inland navigation, navigable river, estuary or harbour.

Trees subject to tree preservation orders

36.—(1) The undertaker may fell or lop any tree within the Order limits that is subject to a tree preservation order, or cut back its roots, if it reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so to prevent the tree from obstructing or interfering with the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised project or any apparatus used in connection with the authorised project.

(2) In carrying out any activity authorised by paragraph (1)—

(a) the undertaker must not do any unnecessary damage to any tree or shrub and must pay compensation to any person for any loss or damage arising from such activity; and

(b) the duty contained in section 206(1) of the 1990 Act(37) (replacement of trees) does not apply.

(3) The authority given by paragraph (1) constitutes a deemed consent under the relevant tree preservation order.

(4) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (2), or as to the amount of compensation, must be determined under Part I of the 1961 Act.

(5) In this article, “tree preservation order” has the same meaning as in section 198 of the 1990 Act.

Operational land for purposes of Town and Country Planning Act 1990

37.  Development consent granted by this Order must be treated as specific planning permission for the purposes of section 264(3)(a) of the 1990 Act (cases in which land is to be treated as operational land for the purposes of that Act).

Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows

38.—(1) The undertaker may fell or lop any tree or shrub near any part of the authorised project, or cut back its roots, if it reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so to prevent the tree or shrub from obstructing or interfering with the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised project or any apparatus used in connection with the authorised project.

(2) In carrying out any activity authorised by paragraph (1), the undertaker must not do any unnecessary damage to any tree or shrub and must pay compensation to any person for any loss or damage arising from such activity.

(3) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (2), or as to the amount of compensation, must be determined under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(4) The undertaker may remove any hedgerow within the Order limits that may be required to be removed for the purposes of carrying out the authorised development.

Deemed licences under Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

39.  The following marine licences set out in Schedules 8 to 11 are deemed to have been issued under Part 4 of the 2009 Act (marine licensing) for the licensed activities specified in Part 1 of each licence and subject to the conditions specified in Part 2 of each licence—

(a) Marine Licence 1 (set out in Schedule 8);

(b) Marine Licence 2 (set out in Schedule 9);

(c) Marine Licence 3 (set out in Schedule 10);

(d) Marine Licence 4 (set out in Schedule 11).

Saving for Trinity House

40.  Nothing in this Order prejudices or derogates from any of the rights, duties or privileges of Trinity House.

Crown rights

41.—(1) Nothing in this Order affects prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown and, in particular, nothing in this Order authorises the undertaker or any licensee—

(a) to take, use, enter on or in any manner interfere with any land or rights of any description (including any part of the shore or bed of the sea or any river, channel, creek, bay or estuary)—

(i) belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown and forming part of the Crown Estate without the consent in writing of the Crown Estate Commissioners;

(ii) belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown and not forming part of the Crown Estate without the consent in writing of the government department having the management of that land; or

(iii) belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department without the consent in writing of that government department; or

(b) to exercise any right under this Order compulsorily to acquire an interest in any land which is Crown land (as defined in section 227 of the 2008 Act) that is for the time being held otherwise than by or on behalf of the Crown without the consent in writing of the appropriate Crown authority (as defined that section).

(2) A consent under paragraph (1) may be given unconditionally or subject to terms and conditions; and is deemed to have been given in writing where it is sent electronically.

Certification of plans and documents, etc.

42.—(1) The undertaker must, as soon as practicable after this Order is made, submit to the Secretary of State copies of the following—

(a) the book of reference, dated 27th January 2015 (REP-497(38));

(b) the environmental statement, dated March 2014 (APP-065 to APP-162);

(c) the offshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan, dated 22nd January 2015 (REP-517);

(d) the onshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan, dated 22nd September 2015 (REP-516);

(e) the offshore and onshore land plans—

(i) offshore land plans, dated 22nd January 2015 (REP-513);

(ii) onshore land plans—

(aa) sheet 1, dated August 2014 (REP-520);

(bb) sheet 2, dated February 2014 (REP-521);

(cc) sheet 3, dated August 2014 (REP-522);

(dd) sheet 4, dated September 2014 (REP-523);

(ee) sheet 5, dated September 2014 (REP-524);

(ff) sheet 6, dated September 2014 (REP-525);

(f) the onshore special category land plan (REP-526);

(g) the offshore works plans (sheets 1 to 9), dated 22nd January 2015 (REP-512);

(h) the onshore works plans—

(i) key plan, dated 20th March 2014 (APP-014);

(ii) sheets 1 to 6, dated 26th January 2015 (REP-518 and REP-519);

(i) the outline code of construction practice, dated 27th January 2015 (REP-493);

(j) the draft fisheries liaison plan, dated 8th December 2015 (REP-436);

(k) the offshore in principle monitoring plan, dated 27th January 2015 (REP-492);

(l) the disposal scenario statement, dated 23rd January 2015 (REP-489);

(m) the outline offshore archaeological written scheme of investigation, dated 27th January 2015 (REP-495);

(n) the outline offshore maintenance plan, dated 26th January 2015 (REP-490);

(o) the outline decommissioning statement (issue 6), dated 26th January 2015 (REP-491);

(p) the streets and public rights of way plan, dated January 2015 (REP-514 and REP-515);

(q) the Wilton protective provisions supporting plans, dated January 2015 (REP-505),

for certification that they are true copies of the documents referred to in this Order.

(2) A plan or document so certified is admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy.

Protective provisions

43.  Schedule 12 (protective provisions) has effect.

Arbitration

44.  Any difference under any provision of this Order, unless otherwise provided for, must be referred to and settled by a single arbitrator to be agreed between the parties or, failing agreement, to be appointed on the application of either party (after giving notice in writing to the other) by the Secretary of State.

Ian McKenzie

Energy Development Unit

Department of Energy and Climate Change

4th August 2015