http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/20/section/112Energy Act 2004An Act to make provision for the decommissioning and cleaning up of installations and sites used for, or contaminated by, nuclear activities; to make provision relating to the civil nuclear industry; to make provision about radioactive waste; to make provision for the development, regulation and encouragement of the use of renewable energy sources; to make further provision in connection with the regulation of the gas and electricity industries; to make provision for the imposition of charges in connection with the carrying out of the Secretary of State’s functions relating to energy matters; to make provision for giving effect to international agreements relating to pipelines and offshore installations; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-09-19Expert Participation2025-09-18 Energy Act 2004s. 137(3)(c)-(e)Energy Act 2011s. 117(b)s. 121(1) Part 2 Chapter 31121A person who becomes responsible for a relevant object must notify the appropriate Minister that he has become so responsible.2For the purposes of this section a person becomes responsible for a relevant object if—ahe makes a proposal to construct the object in waters regulated under this Chapter;bhe makes a proposal for the extension or decommissioning in such waters of the object;che makes a proposal to operate or use the object on completion of its construction in such waters;dhe makes a proposal to operate or use the object on completion in such waters of any extension of it;ehe becomes a party to a proposal mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d);fhe begins in such waters to construct, to extend, to operate or use or to decommission the object;ghe begins to participate in any of the following activities carried on in such waters, the construction, extension, operation or use or decommissioning of the object.3A person is not required to notify the appropriate Minister that he has made a proposal, or become a party to a proposal, at any time before at least one of the statutory consents required for enabling effect to be given to the proposal has been given or applied for.4A person who notifies the appropriate Minister under this section that he has made a proposal, or has become a party to a proposal—amust specify in the notification what statutory consents required for giving effect to the proposal have been given, and what applications for such consents have been made; andbmust notify him subsequently whenever such a consent or application is given or made.5A notification under this section must be given within such period after the obligation to give the notification arises as may be prescribed by regulations made by the appropriate Minister.6A person who contravenes the requirements of this section is guilty of an offence.7Regulations under this section— aif made by the Secretary of State, are subject to the negative resolution procedure;bif made by the Scottish Ministers, are subject to the negative procedure (see section 28 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).8A reference in this section to participation in activities does not include a reference—ato participation on behalf of another person; orbto participation by acting in pursuance of an agreement to provide a service or services to a person carrying on those activities.9In this section “statutory consent” has the same meaning as in section 105.S. 112 in force at 1.10.2005 by S.I. 2005/877, art. 2(2), Sch. 2S. 112 applied (with modifications) in part (E.W.S.) (30.6.2015) by The Swansea Bay Tidal Generating Station Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1386), arts. 1, 42(4)(5)(g) (with arts. 51, 53)S. 112(7)(a) inserted (1.4.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 62(14)(a), 72(4)(e); S.I. 2017/300, reg. 3 (with regs. 4-6)S. 112(7)(b) inserted (1.4.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 62(14)(b), 72(4)(e); S.I. 2017/300, reg. 3 (with regs. 4-6)Words in Pt. 2 Ch. 3 substituted (1.4.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 62(10)(11), 72(4)(e); S.I. 2017/300, reg. 3 (with regs. 4-6)