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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/818/note</dc:identifier><dc:title>The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Order 2016</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-10-07</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2017-03-31</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order authorises SP Manweb PLC (referred to in this Order as the undertaker) to install and keep installed, use and maintain, a 132 kV electric line above ground, approximately 17.4 km in length in North Wales. The Order permits the undertaker to acquire, compulsorily or by agreement, rights in land and to use land for this purpose.</dc:description>
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<Title>EXPLANATORY NOTE</Title>
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<Para><Text>(This note is not part of the Order)</Text></Para>
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<P><Text>This Order authorises <Abbreviation Expansion="SP Manweb PLC (company registration number 02366937) whose registered office is at 3 Prenton Way, Prenton, CH43 3ET">SP Manweb PLC</Abbreviation> (referred to in this Order as the undertaker) to install and keep installed, use and maintain, a 132 kV electric line above ground, approximately 17.4 km in length in North Wales. The Order permits the undertaker to acquire, compulsorily or by agreement, rights in land and to use land for this purpose.</Text></P>
<P><Text>A copy of the Order plans and the book of reference mentioned in this Order and certified in accordance with article 36 of this Order (certification of plans <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation>) may be inspected free of charge during working hours at Denbigh Library, Hall Square, Denbigh, LL16 3NU.</Text></P>
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