The National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016

PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

Interpretation

1.—(1) In this licence—

“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008(1);

“the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009(2);

“authorised development” has the meaning given in paragraph 4;

“Environmental Statement” means the environmental statement (May 2014 – Documents 5.1 to 5.7.3.13, 5.8.1 to 5.19, 5.22.1, 5.22.2.1 to 5.22.3, 5.23.1 to 5.23.4, and 5.24), the environmental statement advertisement for consultation on increased pylon height within Bristol Port, Avonmouth (June 2015 - Document 5.34.2), the National Grid’s report of environmental statement sensitivity test advertisement (March 2015 – Document 8.8) and the documents contained in or named in the consolidated errata and changes (June 2015 – Document 5.30.B.1, 5.30.B.2 and 5.30.B.3) submitted by National Grid to support its application, as set out in the Guide to the Application Document 1.7I including Document 5.21.2A incorrectly referred to as superseded, Document 5.22.1A referred to as the latest when it is supplementary, but excluding Document 5.27 which does not form part of the Environmental Statement;

“licence holder” means the undertaker and any agent, contractor or sub-contractor acting on its behalf;

“licensed activity” means any activity described in Part 2 of this licence;

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct or replace the authorised development, provided such works do not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects to those identified in the Environmental Statement, and any derivative of “maintain” must be construed accordingly;

“mean high water springs” means the average of high water heights occurring at the time of the spring tides;

“MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

“Public Rights of Navigation Plan” means the plan listed in Part 4 of Schedule 2 (plans) to the Order and certified as the Public Rights of Navigation Plan by the Secretary of State under article 44 of the Order

“the Order” means the National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016;

“SAC habitat” means the habitat within a Special Area of Conservation entered in the Register of European Sites, held by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;

“the undertaker” means National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (registered company number 2366977);

“vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a barge, a jack up barge, a seaplane or helicopter 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 or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water.

“Works Plans” means the plans listed in Part 8 of Schedule 2 (plans) to the Order and certified as the Works Plans by the Secretary of State under article 44 of the Order, references to a particular Works Plan must be construed accordingly

(2) Unless otherwise specified, all geographical co-ordinates given in this Schedule are in latitude and longitude degrees and minutes to two decimal places.

Addresses

2.—(1) Unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO, the address for postal correspondence with the MMO for the purposes of this licence is the Marine Management Organisation, Marine Licensing Team, Lancaster House, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH and where contact to the MMO Local Office is required, the following contact details should be used: The Fish Quay, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, Devon PL4 0LH, Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone].

(2) Unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO, the address for electronic communication with the MMO for the purposes of this licence is [e-mail] and where contact to the MMO Local Office is required, the following address should be used: [e-mail].

(1)

2008 c. 29.

(2)

2009 c. 23.