SCHEDULE 1PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN A LICENCE

Interpretation5

1

In this licence the following expressions have the meaning given by regulation 1(3) of the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011—

  • “the authority”;

  • “corrective measures plan”;

  • “injection”;

  • “licence”;

  • “monitoring plan”;

  • “operator”;

  • “post-closure plan”;

  • “provisional post-closure plan”; and

  • “storage permit”.

2

The following expressions have the meanings given by Article 3 of Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly)—

  • “closure” of a storage site;

  • “corrective measures”;

  • “CO2 plume”;

  • “CO2 stream”;

  • “exploration”;

  • “hydraulic unit”;

  • “leakage”;

  • “migration”;

  • “significant irregularity”;

  • “significant risk”;

  • “storage complex”;

  • “storage site”;

  • “substantial change”;

  • “waste”; and

  • “water column”.