The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

Interpretation

1.—(1) In this licence—

“2004 Act” means the Energy Act 2004;

“2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

“Annex 1 habitat” means a habitat set out in Annex 1 to Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;

“authorised deposits” means the substances and articles specified in paragraph 2(3);

“authorised scheme” means Works No. 1A and 2T described in paragraph 2 or any part or phase of those works;

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

“cable protection” means any measures to protect cables and prevent loss of seabed sediment, for example by the use of grout bags, protective aprons, mattresses, flow energy dissipation devices or rock and gravel burial;

“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 the first carrying out of any part of the licensed activities except for pre-construction surveys and monitoring; and “commencement” must be construed accordingly;

“commercial operation” means the exporting, on a commercial basis, of electricity from the wind turbine generators comprised within the authorised scheme;

“Condition” means a condition in Part B;

“draft fisheries liaison plan” means the document certified as the draft fisheries liaison plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;

“enforcement officer” means a person authorised to carry out enforcement duties under Chapter 3 of the 2009 Act;

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

“gravity base foundation” means a foundation type that rests on the seabed and supports the 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);

“HAT” means highest astronomical tide;

“HVDC” means high voltage direct current;

“In Principle Monitoring Plan” means the document certified as the In Principle Monitoring Plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;

“Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin” means the bulletin published by the Humber Seafood Institute or such other alternative publication approved in writing by the MMO;

“licensed activities” means the activities specified in this Part;

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust and alter, and further includes remove, reconstruct and replace any of the ancillary works in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (ancillary works) to the Order and any component part of any wind turbine generator, offshore platform, meteorological station, electricity or communication cable described in Part 1 of that Schedule (authorised development) (but not including the removal or replacement of foundations) to the extent outlined within the post-construction maintenance plan; and “maintenance” must be construed accordingly;

“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 which spring tides reach on average over a period of time;

“MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

“monopole foundation” means foundation options 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 foundation options 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);

“notice to mariners” includes any notice to mariners which may be issued by the Admiralty, Trinity House, Queen’s harbourmasters, government departments and harbour and pilotage authorities;

“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 authorised scheme, landing facilities for vessels and helicopters, re-fuelling facilities, communication and control systems, electrical systems such as metering and control systems, J-tubes, small- and large- scale electrical power 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 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 authorised scheme, 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 authorised scheme, 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 plan” means the plans certified as the offshore Order limits and grid co-ordinates plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;

“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;

“onshore Order limits plan” means the plans certified as the onshore Order limits and grid co-ordinates plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;

“Order” means the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015;

“Order limits” means the limits shown on the offshore and onshore Order limits plans;

“outline maintenance plan” means the document certified as the outline maintenance plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;

“scour protection” means protection against foundation scour and subsea damage, for example from trawling, through reinforcement measures and measures to prevent loss of seabed sediment around foundation bases. These measures include the use of bagged solutions filled with grout or other materials, protective aprons, mattresses, flow energy dissipation devices and rock and gravel burial;

“undertaker” means Doggerbank Project 1 Bizco Limited (company number 7791991) whose registered office is 55 Vastern Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 8BU;

“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;

“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.

(2) In this licence, a reference to any statute, order, regulation or similar instrument is a reference to a statute, order, regulation or instrument as amended by any subsequent statute, order, regulation or instrument or as contained in any subsequent re-enactment.

(3) In this licence, unless otherwise indicated,—

(a) all times are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT);

(b) all co-ordinates are latitude and longitude decimal degrees to 6 decimal places. The datum system used is WGS84.

(4) Except where otherwise notified in writing by the relevant organisation, the primary point of contact with the organisations listed below, and the address for returns and correspondence, is—

(a) Marine Management Organisation

Marine Licensing Team

Lancaster House

Hampshire Court

Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 7YH

Email: [e-mail]

Tel: [phone];

(b) Trinity House

Tower Hill

London EC3N 4DH

Tel: [phone];

(c) United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Admiralty Way

Taunton

Somerset TA1 2DN

Tel: [phone];

(d) Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Navigation Safety Branch

Bay 2/04

Spring Place

105 Commercial Road

Southampton SO15 1EG

Tel: [phone];

(e) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

Suffolk NR33 0HT

Tel: [phone];

(f) Natural England

Foundry House

3 Millsands

Riverside Exchange

Sheffield S3 8NH

Tel: [phone];

(g) JNCC

Inverdee House

Baxter Street

Aberdeen AB11 9QA

Tel: [phone];

(h) English Heritage

Eastgate Court

195-205 High Street

Guildford GU1 3EH

Tel: [phone].

(5) For information only, the details of the local MMO office to the authorised scheme is—

Marine Management Organisation

Northern Marine Area

Neville House

Central Riverside

Bell Street

North Shields

Tyne and Wear NE30 0LJ

Tel: [phone].