PART 1Preliminary

Meaning of regulator: installationsI110

1

This article applies for the purposes of article 9.

2

The regulator, in relation to an installation set out in column 1 of table A, is the regulator set out in the corresponding entry in column 2.

Table A

Column 1

Column 2

Installation

Regulator

Installation in—

a

England;

b

the territorial sea adjacent to England, except where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3)

Environment Agency

Installation in—

a

Northern Ireland;

b

controlled waters adjacent to Northern Ireland;

c

the territorial sea (other than controlled waters) adjacent to Northern Ireland, except where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3)(a)

Chief inspector

Installation in—

a

Scotland;

b

controlled waters adjacent to Scotland;

c

the territorial sea (other than controlled waters) adjacent to Scotland, except where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3)(a)

SEPA

Installation in—

a

Wales;

b

the territorial sea adjacent to Wales

NRW

Installation in—

a

the territorial sea adjacent to England, where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3);

b

the territorial sea (other than controlled waters) adjacent to Northern Ireland and Scotland, where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3)(a);

c

the UK sector of the continental shelf

Secretary of State

3

The purposes are—

a

a purpose connected with the exploration for, or exploitation of, petroleum (within the meaning of section 1 of the Petroleum Act 1998 M1);

b

a purpose connected with an activity referred to in section 2(3) of the Energy Act 2008 M2 (unloading and storage of combustible gas);

c

a purpose connected with an activity referred to in section 17(2) of that Act (storage of carbon dioxide).

4

In this article—

  • “controlled waters” means the part of the territorial sea that is between the landward limit of the territorial sea and the line that is 3 nautical miles seaward of the landward limit of the territorial sea;

  • “territorial sea” means the territorial sea of the United Kingdom;

  • “territorial sea adjacent to England” means the part of the territorial sea that is not adjacent to Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.

5

In this article, a reference to England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales includes a reference to waters adjacent to England or, as the case may be, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales that are landward of the landward limit of the territorial sea.