23.—(1) The undertaker must make a report (“carbon capture readiness monitoring report”) to the Secretary of State—
(a)on or before the date which is three months after the date of Work No. 1A full commissioning; and
(b)within one month of the second anniversary, and each subsequent even-numbered anniversary, of that date.
(2) Each carbon capture readiness monitoring report must provide evidence that the undertaker has complied with Requirement 22—
(a)in the case of the first carbon capture readiness monitoring report, since commencement of the authorised development; and
(b)in the case of any subsequent report, since the making of the previous carbon capture readiness monitoring report,
and explain how the undertaker expects to continue to comply with Requirement 22 over the next two years.
(3) Each carbon capture readiness monitoring report must state whether the undertaker considers the retrofit of carbon capture technology is feasible explaining the reasons for any such conclusion and whether any impediments could be overcome.
(4) Each carbon capture readiness monitoring report must state, with reasons, whether the undertaker has decided to seek any additional regulatory clearances, or to modify any existing regulatory clearances, in respect of any carbon capture readiness proposals.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 23 in force at 25.10.2019, see art. 1