The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2020-12-31
Last updated 2024-05-10
State In force
Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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  • (a) 64 metres in height when measured from LAT;
  • (b) 60 metres in length; and
  • (c) 60 metres in width.
  • (3) Any bridge located on an offshore accommodation platform shall be no longer than 100 metres.
  • (4) Offshore accommodation platform foundation structures forming part of the authorised project must be one of the following foundation options: monopile foundations, mono suction bucket foundations, jacket foundations, or gravity base foundations.
  • (5) No offshore accommodation platform—
  • (a) jacket foundation employing pin piles forming part of the authorised project shall have a pin pile diameter of greater than 4 metres; and
  • (b) monopile foundation forming part of the authorised project shall have a diameter greater than 15 metres.
  • (6) The total seabed footprint area for offshore accommodation platform foundations must not exceed—
  • (a) 8,836 square metres excluding scour protection; and
  • (b) 28,628 square metres including scour protection.
  • (7) The volume of scour protection material for offshore accommodation platform foundations must not exceed 43,429 cubic metres.
  • (8) The total number of cable crossings when combined with the deemed marine licence granted under Schedule 12 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – transmission assets) of the Order must not exceed 44, unless otherwise agreed between the undertaker and the MMO.
  • (9) No works permitted under this licence may be undertaken within the boundaries of the Markham's Triangle MCZ exclusion zone.

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  • (1) The total length of the cables in Work No.1(c) and the volume of their cable protection (excluding cable crossings) when combined with the cable authorised under Work No.2(c) of the deemed marine licence granted under Schedule 12 of the Order must not exceed the following—
Work Length Cable protection
Work No. 1(c) 1055 kilometres 1,055,000 cubic metres
  • (2) No cable protection by way of concrete mattresses may be used in European Sites or MCZ.
  • (3) No more than 6% of the length of the cables in Work No 1(c) falling within any European Site shall be subject to cable protection, unless otherwise agreed with the MMO.
  • (4) No more than 7% of the length of the cables in Work No 1(c) falling within any MCZ shall be subject to cable protection, unless otherwise agreed with the MMO.
  • (5) Any cable protection authorised under this licence must be deployed within 15 years from the date of the grant of the Order unless otherwise agreed by the MMO.

4

  • (1) The authorised development may not be commenced until a written scheme setting out the phases of construction of the authorised project has been submitted to and approved by the MMO.
  • (2) The phases of construction referred to in paragraph (1) shall not exceed two, save that each phase may be undertaken in any number of stages as prescribed in the written scheme.
  • (3) The scheme must be implemented as approved.

5

  • (1) The undertaker may at any time maintain the authorised development, except to the extent that this licence or an agreement made under this licence provides otherwise.
  • (2) No maintenance works whose likely effects are not assessed in the environmental statement may be carried out, unless otherwise approved by the MMO.
  • (3) Maintenance works include but are not limited to—
  • (a) major wind turbine component or offshore accommodation platform replacement;
  • (b) painting wind turbine generators or offshore accommodation platforms;
  • (c) bird waste removal;
  • (d) cable remedial burial;
  • (e) array cable repairs;
  • (f) access ladder replacement;
  • (g) wind turbine generator anode replacement; and
  • (h) J-tube repair/replacement.
  • (4) Where the MMO's approval is required under paragraph (2), approval may be given only where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the MMO that the approval sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.
  • (5) The undertaker shall issue to operators of vessels under its control operating within the Order limits a code of conduct to prevent collision risk or injury to marine mammals.
  • (6) The undertaker shall ensure appropriate co-ordination of vessels within its control operating within the Order limits so as to reduce collision risk to other vessels including advisory safe passing distances for vessels.

6

Any time period given in this licence given to either the undertaker or the MMO may be extended with the agreement of the other party.

7

  • (1) The undertaker must ensure that—
  • (a) a copy of this licence (issued as part of the grant of the Order) and any subsequent amendments or revisions to it is provided to—
  • (i) all agents and contractors notified to the MMO in accordance with condition 16; and
  • (ii) the masters and transport managers responsible for the vessels notified to the MMO in accordance with condition 16; and
  • (b) within 28 days of receipt of a copy of this licence those persons referred to in paragraph (a) above must provide a completed confirmation form to the MMO confirming receipt of this licence.
  • (2) Only those persons and vessels notified to the MMO in accordance with condition 16 are permitted to carry out the licensed activities.
  • (3) Copies of this licence must also be available for inspection at the following locations—
  • (a) the undertaker's registered address;
  • (b) any site office located at or adjacent to the construction site and used by the undertaker or its agents and contractors responsible for the loading, transportation or deposit of the authorised deposits; and
  • (c) on board each vessel or at the office of any transport manager with responsibility for vessels from which authorised deposits or removals are to be made.
  • (4) The documents referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) must be available for inspection by an authorised enforcement officer at the locations set out in sub-paragraph (3)(b) above.
  • (5) The undertaker must provide access, and if necessary appropriate transportation, to the offshore construction site or any other associated works or vessels to facilitate any inspection that the MMO considers necessary to inspect the works during construction and operation of the authorised project.
  • (6) The undertaker must inform the MMO Coastal Office in writing at least five days prior to the commencement of the licensed activities or any part of them and within five days of the completion of the licenced activity.
  • (7) The undertaker must inform the Kingfisher Information Service of Seafish by email to kingfisher@seafish.co.uk of details regarding the vessel routes, timings and locations relating to the construction of the authorised project or relevant part—
  • (a) at least fourteen days prior to the commencement of offshore activities, for inclusion in the Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin and offshore hazard awareness data; and
  • (b) on completion of construction of all offshore activities,

and confirmation of notification must be provided to the MMO within five days.

  • (8) A notice to mariners must be issued at least ten days prior to the commencement of the licensed activities or any part of them advising of the start date of Work No. 1 and the expected vessel routes from the construction ports to the relevant location. Copies of all notices must be provided to the MMO and UKHO within five days.
  • (9) The notices to mariners must be updated and reissued at weekly intervals during construction activities and at least five days before any planned operations and maintenance works and supplemented with VHF radio broadcasts agreed with the MCA in accordance with the construction programme approved under condition 13(1)(b). Copies of all notices must be provided to the MMO and UKHO within five days.
  • (10) The undertaker must notify the UK Hydrographic Office both of the commencement (within ten days), progress and completion of construction (within ten days) of the licensed activities in order that all necessary amendments to nautical charts are made and the undertaker must send a copy of such notifications to the MMO.
  • (11) In case of damage to, or destruction or decay of, the authorised project seaward of MHWS or any part thereof the undertaker must as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours following the undertaker becoming aware of any such damage, destruction or decay, notify the MMO, MCA, Trinity House, the Kingfisher Information Service of Seafish and the UK Hydrographic Office.
  • (12) In case of the development of a cable exposure deemed by the undertaker to present a risk to fishing activity, the undertaker must notify mariners by issuing a notice to mariners and notify the MMO and the Kingfisher Information Service within three working days following the undertaker becoming aware of it.

8

  • (1) The undertaker must during the whole period from commencement of the licensed activities to completion of decommissioning of the authorised project seaward of MHWS exhibit such lights, marks, sounds, signals and other aids to navigation, and take such other steps for the prevention of danger to navigation as Trinity House may from time to time direct.
  • (2) The undertaker must during the period from the start of construction of the authorised project to completion of decommissioning of the authorised project seaward of MHWS keep Trinity House and the MMO informed of progress of the authorised project seaward of MHWS including the following—
  • (a) notice of commencement of construction of the authorised project within 24 hours of commencement having occurred;
  • (b) notice within 24 hours of any aids to navigation being established by the undertaker; and
  • (c) notice within five days of completion of construction of the authorised project.
  • (3) The undertaker must provide reports to Trinity House on the availability of aids to navigation in accordance with the frequencies set out in the aids to navigation management plan agreed pursuant to condition 13(1)(j) using the reporting system provided by Trinity House.
  • (4) The undertaker must during the whole period from commencement of the licensed activities to completion of decommissioning of the authorised project seaward of MHWS notify Trinity House and the MMO of any failure of the aids to navigation and the timescales and plans for remedying such failures, as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours following the undertaker becoming aware of any such failure.
  • (5) In the event that the provisions of condition 7(11) are invoked, the undertaker must lay down such buoys, exhibit such lights and take such other steps for preventing danger to navigation as directed by Trinity House.

9

  • (1) The undertaker must colour all structures yellow (colour code RAL 1023) from at least highest astronomical tide to a height directed by Trinity House, or must colour the structure as directed by Trinity House from time to time.
  • (2) Subject to sub-paragraph (1) above, unless the MMO otherwise directs, the undertaker must ensure that the wind turbine generators are painted light grey (colour code RAL 7035).

Aviation safety

1

  • (1) In this licence—
  • the 2004 Act” means the Energy Act 2004;
  • the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;
  • the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;
  • 2017 Regulations” means the Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017;
  • Annex I reef” means a reef of a type listed in Annex I of Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;
  • authorised deposits” means the substances and articles specified in paragraph 4 of Part 1 of this licence;
  • authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Order;
  • authorised project” means Work Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 as described in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of this licence or any part of that work;
  • buoy” means any floating device used for navigational purposes or measurement purposes;
  • cable protection” means physical measures for the protection of cables including but not limited to concrete mattresses, with or without frond devices, and/or rock placement (but not material used for cable crossings);
  • commence” means the first carrying out of any licensed marine activities authorised by this marine licence, save for pre-construction monitoring surveys approved under this licence and “commenced” and “commencement” must be construed accordingly;
  • condition” means a condition in Part 2 of this licence;
  • Defence Infrastructure Organisation Safeguarding” means Ministry of Defence Safeguarding, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Kingston Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B75 7RL and any successor body to its functions;
  • Development Principles” means the document certified as the Development Principles by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 36 (certification of plans and documents etc);
  • “disturbance” must be construed in accordance with regulation 45(1)(b) (protection of wild animals listed in Annex IV(a) to the Habitats Directive) of the 2017 Regulations;
  • enforcement officer” means a person authorised to carry out enforcement duties under Chapter 3 of Part 4 (marine licensing) of the 2009 Act;
  • environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;
  • European site” has the meaning given in regulation 27 of the 2017 Regulations;
  • gravity base foundation” means a structure principally of steel, concrete, or steel and concrete which rests on the seabed either due to its own weight with or without added ballast or additional skirts and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment;
  • in-principle Hornsea Three Southern North Sea Special Area of Conservation Site Integrity Plan” means the document certified as the in principle Hornsea Three Southern North Sea Special Area of Conservation Site Integrity Plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
  • interconnector cable” means a network of cables between the offshore substations;
  • jacket foundation” means a lattice type structure constructed of steel, which may include scour protection and additional equipment such as, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms;
  • Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin” means the bulletin published by the Humber Seafood Institute or such other alternative publication approved in writing by the MMO for the purposes of this licence;
  • LAT” means lowest astronomical tide;
  • licensed activities” means the activities specified in Part 1 of this licence;
  • maintain” includes inspect, upkeep, repair, adjust, and alter and further includes remove, reconstruct and replace, to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and “maintenance” must be construed accordingly;
  • “Marine Management Organisation” or “MMO” means the body created under the 2009 Act which is responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of this licence;
  • Markham's Triangle MCZ” means the MCZ designated by the Secretary of State under the Markham's Triangle Marine Conservation Designation Order 2019;
  • Markham's Triangle MCZ exclusion zone” means the area comprising Markham's Triangle MCZ as shown on the Markham's Triangle exclusion zone plan;
  • Markham's Triangle exclusion zone plan” means the document certified as the Markham's Triangle exclusion zone plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 36 (certification of plans and documents etc);
  • MCZ” means a marine conservation zone designated under section 116(1) (marine conservation zones) of the 2009 Act or any area which is recommended for such designation to the relevant secretary of state in accordance with the 2009 Act unless the Secretary of State determines that it shall not be designated as a marine conservation zone;
  • MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;
  • “mean high water springs” or “MHWS” means the highest level which spring tides reach on average over a period of time;
  • monopile foundation” means a steel pile, typically cylindrical, driven and/or drilled into the seabed and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;
  • offshore accommodation platform” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks and a helicopter platform, containing housing accommodation, storage, workshop, auxiliary equipment, and facilities for operating, maintaining and controlling the wind turbine generators;
  • offshore electrical installations” means the offshore type 1 substations, the offshore type 2 substations, the offshore subsea HVAC booster stations and the offshore HVAC booster stations forming part of the authorised development;
  • offshore export cable” means a network of cables for as described in Work No.2(d) and Work No.3(d).
  • offshore HVAC booster station” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks and a helicopter platform, containing—electrical equipment required to provide reactive power compensation; andhousing accommodation, storage, workshop, auxiliary equipment, and facilities for operating, maintaining and controlling the substation;
  • offshore subsea HVAC booster station” means a sealed steel or concrete structure located under the surface of the sea, attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, containing electrical equipment required to provide reactive power compensation;
  • offshore substation” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks and a helicopter platform, containing—electrical equipment required to switch, transform, convert electricity generated at the wind turbine generators to a higher voltage and provide reactive power compensation; andhousing accommodation, storage, workshop auxiliary equipment, and facilities for operating, maintaining and controlling the substation or wind turbine generators;
  • offshore type 1 substation” means the smaller version of the offshore substations assessed in the environment statement;
  • offshore type 2 substation” means the larger version of the offshore substations assessed in the environment statement;
  • the offshore Order limits” means the offshore Order limits defined by the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan;
  • the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan” means the plan certified as the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 36;
  • pin piles” means steel cylindrical piles driven and/or drilled into the seabed to secure jacket foundations;
  • SAC” means an area designated as an area of special area of conservation under regulation 11 (designation of special areas of conservation) of the 2017 Regulations;
  • statutory historic body” means Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, the relevant local authority or its successor in function;
  • suction bucket” means a steel cylindrical structure attached to the legs of a jacket foundation which partially or fully penetrates the seabed and remains in place using its own weight and hydrostatic pressure differential;
  • Order” means the Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020;
  • mono suction bucket foundation” means a steel cylindrical structure which partially or fully penetrates the seabed and remains in place using its own weight and hydrostatic pressure differential, and may include scour protection and additional equipment such as J-tubes;
  • Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
  • UK Hydrographic Office” means the UK Hydrographic Office of Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN;
  • undertaker” means Orsted Energy Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited;
  • vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water;
  • wind turbine generator” means a structure comprising a tower, rotor with three blades connected at the hub, nacelle and ancillary electrical and other equipment which may include J-tube(s), transition piece, access and rest platforms, access ladders, boat access systems, corrosion protection systems, fenders and maintenance equipment, helicopter landing facilities and other associated equipment, fixed to a foundation or transition piece; and
  • works plan” means the plan certified as the works plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order.
  • (2) A reference to any statute, order, regulation or similar instrument is construed as a reference to a statute, order, regulation or instrument as amended by any subsequent statute, order, regulation or instrument or as contained in any subsequent re-enactment.
  • (3) Unless otherwise indicated—
  • (a) all times are taken to be Greenwich Mean Time (GMT);
  • (b) all co-ordinates are taken to be latitude and longitude degrees and minutes to two decimal places.
  • (4) Except where otherwise notified in writing by the relevant organisation, the primary point of contact with the organisations listed below and the address for returns and correspondence are—
  • (a) Marine Management Organisation

Marine Licensing Team

Lancaster House Hampshire Court

Newcastle Business Park

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE4 7YH

Tel: 0300 123 1032;

  • (b) Marine Management Organisation (local office)

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

Suffolk

NR33 0HT;

  • (c) Trinity House

Tower Hill

London

EC3N 4DH

Tel: 020 7481 6900;

  • (d) The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Admiralty Way

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 2DN

Tel: 01823 337 900;

  • (e) Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Navigation Safety Branch

Bay 2/20, Spring Place 105 Commercial Road

Southampton

SO15 1EG

Tel: 020 3817 2433;

  • (f) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

Suffolk

NR33 0HT

Tel: 01502 562 244;

  • (g) Natural England 4th Floor

Foss House 1-2 Peasholme Green

York

YO1 7PX

Tel: 0300 060 4911;

  • (h) Historic England

Brooklands 24 Brooklands Avenue

Cambridge

CB2 8BU.

2

Subject to the licence conditions, this licence authorises the undertaker (and any agent or contractor acting on their behalf) to carry out the following licensable marine activities under section 66(1) (licensable offshore activities) of the 2009 Act—

  • (a) the deposit at sea within the Order limits seaward of MHWS of the substances and articles specified in paragraph 4 below and up to 2,218,816 cubic metres of inert material of natural origin produced during construction drilling or seabed preparation for foundation works and cable sandwave preparation works within Work Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5;
  • (b) the construction of works in or over the sea or on or under the sea bed; dredging for the purposes of seabed preparation for foundation works and/or electrical circuit works;
  • (c) boulder clearance works either by displacement ploughing or subsea grab technique or any other equivalent method;
  • (d) the removal of sediment samples for the purposes of informing environmental monitoring under this licence during pre-construction, construction and operation;
  • (e) removal of static fishing equipment; and
  • (f) site preparation works.

3

Such activities are authorised in relation to the construction, maintenance and operation of—

Work No.2—aup to 12 offshore type 1 substations each fixed to the seabed by either monopile foundation, mono suction bucket foundation, jacket foundation, gravity base foundation or box-type gravity base foundations and which may be connected to each other or one of the offshore accommodation platforms within Work No.1(b) by an unsupported bridge;bup to four offshore type 2 substations each fixed to the seabed by either monopile foundations, mono suction bucket foundations, jacket foundations, gravity base foundations, jacket foundations, box-type gravity base foundations, pontoon gravity base 1 foundations, or pontoon gravity base 2 foundations and which may be connected to each other or one of the offshore accommodation platforms within Work No.1(b) by an unsupported bridge;ca network of cables;dup to six cable circuits between Work No. 2 and Work No. 3, and between Work No. 3 and Work No.5 consisting of offshore export cables along routes within the Order limits seaward of MHWS including one or more cable crossings; andeup to eight temporary horizontal directional drilling exit pits.

Work No.3—ain the event that the mode of transmission is HVAC, up to four HVAC booster stations fixed to the seabed within the area shown on the works plan by either monopile foundation, mono suction bucket foundation, jacket foundation, gravity base foundation, or box-type gravity base foundations;bin the event that the mode of transmission is HVAC, up to six offshore subsea HVAC booster stations fixed to the seabed by either monopile foundation, mono suction bucket foundation, jacket foundation, gravity base foundation, or box-type gravity base foundations;cin the event that the mode of transmission is HVAC, a network of cables between HVAC booster stations or offshore subsea HVAC booster stations; anddup to six cable circuits between Work No. 2 and Work No. 3, and between Work No. 3 and Work No.5 consisting of offshore export cables along routes within the Order limits seaward of MHWS including one or more cable crossings.

4

The substances or articles authorised for deposit at sea are—

  • (a) iron and steel, copper and aluminium;
  • (b) stone and rock;
  • (c) concrete;
  • (d) sand and gravel;
  • (e) plastic and synthetic;
  • (f) material extracted from within the offshore Order limits during construction drilling and seabed preparation for foundation works and cable sandwave preparation works; and
  • (g) marine coatings, other chemicals and timber.

5

The grid coordinates for that part of the authorised development comprising Work Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are specified below and more particularly on the offshore Order limits and grid coordinates plan—

6

This licence remains in force until the authorised project has been decommissioned in accordance with a programme approved by the Secretary of State under section 106 (approval of decommissioning programmes) of the 2004 Act, including any modification to the programme under section 108, and the completion of such programme has been confirmed by the Secretary of State in writing.

7

The provisions of section 72 (variation, suspension, revocation and transfer) of the 2009 Act apply to this licence except that the provisions of sections 72(7) and (8) relating to the transfer of the licence only apply to a transfer not falling within article 5 (benefit of the Order).

8

With respect to any condition which requires the licensed activities be carried out in accordance with the plans, protocols or statements approved under this Schedule, the approved details, plan or project are taken to include any amendments that may subsequently be approved in writing by the MMO.

9

Any amendments to or variations from the approved plans, protocols or statements must be in accordance with the principles and assessments set out in the environmental statement. Such agreement may only be given in relation to immaterial changes where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the MMO that it is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.

1

  • (1) The total number of offshore electrical installations shall not exceed 18, and shall consist of no more than—
  • (a) 12 offshore type 1 substations;
  • (b) four offshore type 2 substations;
  • (c) four offshore HVAC booster stations; and
  • (d) six offshore subsea HVAC booster stations.

2

  • (1) The dimensions of any offshore type 1 substations forming part of the authorised project must not exceed—
  • (a) 90 metres in height when measured from LAT;
  • (b) 100 metres in length; and
  • (c) 100 metres in width.
  • (2) The dimensions of any offshore type 2 substations forming part of the authorised project must not exceed—
  • (a) 110 metres in height when measured from LAT;
  • (b) 180 metres in length; and
  • (c) 90 metres in width.
  • (3) The dimensions of any offshore HVAC booster station forming part of the authorised project must not exceed—
  • (a) 90 metres in height when measured from LAT;
  • (b) 100 metres in length; and
  • (c) 100 metres in width.
  • (4) The dimensions of any offshore subsea HVAC booster station forming part of the authorised project must not exceed—
  • (a) 15 metres in height when measured from the seabed;
  • (b) 50 metres in length; and
  • (c) 50 metres in width.
  • (5) Any bridge located on an offshore electrical installation shall be no longer than 100 metres.
  • (6) Offshore electrical installation foundation structures forming part of the authorised scheme must be one of the following foundation options—
  • (a) for offshore type 1 substations, offshore HVAC booster stations and offshore subsea HVAC booster stations either monopile foundations, mono suction bucket foundations, jacket foundations, gravity base foundations, jacket foundations or box-type gravity base foundations; and
  • (b) for offshore type 2 substations, either monopile foundations, mono suction bucket foundations, jacket foundations, gravity base foundations, jacket foundations, box-type gravity base foundations, pontoon gravity base 1 foundations, or pontoon gravity base 2 foundations.
  • (7) No offshore electrical installation—
  • (a) jacket foundation employing pin piles forming part of the authorised project shall have a pin pile diameter of greater than 4 metres; and
  • (b) monopile foundation forming part of the authorised project shall have a diameter greater than 15 metres.
  • (8) The total seabed footprint area for offshore electrical installation foundations must not exceed—
  • (a) 138,900 square metres excluding scour protection; and
  • (b) 267,900 square metres including scour protection.
  • (9) The volume of scour protection material for offshore electrical installation foundations must not exceed 291,200 cubic metres.
  • (10) The total number of cable crossings when combined with the deemed marine licence granted under Schedule 11 of the Order must not exceed 44, unless otherwise agreed between the undertaker and the MMO.
  • (11) No works permitted under this licence may be undertaken within the boundaries of Markham's Triangle MCZ exclusion zone.—

3

  • (1) The total length of the cables and the volume of their cable protection (excluding cable crossings) must not exceed the following—
Work Length Cable protection
Work Nos. 2 and 3 1,371 kilometres 1,371,000 cubic metres
Work No. 5 3 kilometres None
  • (2) No cable protection by way of concrete mattresses may be used in European Sites or MCZ.
  • (3) No more than 6% of the length of the cables in Work Nos. 2, 3 and 5 falling within any European Site shall be subject to cable protection.
  • (4) No more than 7% of the length of the cables in Works Nos. 2, 3 and 5 falling within any MCZ shall be subject to cable protection.

4

  • (1) The total length of the cables in Work No.2(c) and the volume of their cable protection when combined with the cable authorised under Work No.1(c) of the deemed marine licence granted under Schedule 11 of the Order must not exceed the following—
Length Cable protection
1,055 kilometres 1,055,000 cubic metres
  • (2) Any cable protection authorised under this licence must be deployed within 15 years from the date of the grant of the Order unless otherwise agreed by the MMO.

5

  • (1) The authorised development may not be commenced until a written scheme setting out the phases of construction of the authorised project has been submitted to and approved by the MMO.
  • (2) The phases of construction referred to in paragraph (1) shall not exceed two, save that each phase may be undertaken in any number of stages as prescribed in the written scheme.
  • (3) The scheme must be implemented as approved.

6

  • (1) The undertaker may at any time maintain the authorised development, except to the extent that this licence or an agreement made under this licence provides otherwise.
  • (2) No maintenance works whose likely effects are not assessed in the environmental statement may be carried out, unless otherwise approved by the MMO.
  • (3) Maintenance works include but are not limited to—
  • (a) offshore electrical installation component replacement;
  • (b) offshore electrical installation painting;
  • (c) removal of organic build-up;
  • (d) cable remedial burial;
  • (e) cable repairs;
  • (f) replacement of offshore electrical installation anodes; and
  • (g) J-tube repair/replacement.
  • (4) Where the MMO's approval is required under paragraph (2), such approval may be given only where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the MMO that the approval sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.
  • (5) The undertaker shall issue to operators of vessels under its control operating within the Order limits a code of conduct to prevent collision risk or injury to marine mammals.
  • (6) The undertaker shall ensure appropriate co-ordination of vessels within its control operating within the Order limits so as to reduce collision risk to other vessels including advisory safe passing distances for vessels.

7

Any time period given in this licence given to either the undertaker or the MMO may be extended with the agreement of the other party.

8

  • (1) The undertaker must ensure that—
  • (a) a copy of this licence (issued as part of the grant of the Order) and any subsequent amendments or revisions to it is provided to—
  • (i) all agents and contractors notified to the MMO in accordance with condition 17; and
  • (ii) the masters and transport managers responsible for the vessels notified to the MMO in accordance with condition 17; and
  • (b) within 28 days of receipt of a copy of this licence those persons referred to in paragraph (a) above must provide a completed confirmation form to the MMO confirming receipt of this licence.
  • (2) Only those persons and vessels notified to the MMO in accordance with condition 17 are permitted to carry out the licensed activities.
  • (3) Copies of this licence must also be available for inspection at the following locations—
  • (a) the undertaker's registered address;
  • (b) any site office located at or adjacent to the construction site and used by the undertaker or its agents and contractors responsible for the loading, transportation or deposit of the authorised deposits; and
  • (c) on board each vessel or at the office of any transport manager with responsibility for vessels from which authorised deposits or removals are to be made.
  • (4) The documents referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) must be available for inspection by an authorised enforcement officer at the locations set out in sub-paragraph (3)(b) above.
  • (5) The undertaker must provide access, and if necessary appropriate transportation, to the offshore construction site or any other associated works or vessels to facilitate any inspection that the MMO considers necessary to inspect the works during construction and operation of the authorised project.
  • (6) The undertaker must inform the MMO Coastal Office in writing at least five days prior to the commencement of the licensed activities or any part of them and within five days of the completion of the licenced activity.
  • (7) The undertaker must inform the Kingfisher Information Service of Seafish by email to kingfisher@seafish.co.uk of details regarding the vessel routes, timings and locations relating to the construction of the authorised project or relevant part—
  • (a) at least fourteen days prior to the commencement of offshore activities, for inclusion in the Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin and offshore hazard awareness data; and
  • (b) on completion of construction of all offshore activities,

and confirmation of notification must be provided to the MMO within five days.

  • (8) A notice to mariners must be issued at least ten days prior to the commencement of the licensed activities or any part of them advising of the start date of Work Nos 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the expected vessel routes from the construction ports to the relevant location. Copies of all notices must be provided to the MMO and UKHO within five days.
  • (9) The notices to mariners must be updated and reissued at weekly intervals during construction activities and at least five days before any planned operations and maintenance works and supplemented with VHF radio broadcasts agreed with the MCA in accordance with the construction programme approved under condition 14(1)(b). Copies of all notices must be provided to the MMO and UKHO within five days.
  • (10) The undertaker must notify the UK Hydrographic Office both of the commencement (within ten days), progress and completion of construction (within ten days) of the licensed activities in order that all necessary amendments to nautical charts are made and the undertaker must send a copy of such notifications to the MMO.
  • (11) In case of damage to, or destruction or decay of, the authorised project seaward of MHWS or any part thereof including the exposure of cables the undertaker must as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours following the undertaker becoming aware of any such damage, destruction or decay, notify the MMO, MCA, Trinity House, the Kingfisher Information Service of Seafish and the UK Hydrographic Office. In case of the development of a cable exposure deemed by the undertaker to present a risk to fishing activity, the undertaker must notify the MMO and the Kingfisher Information Service within three working days following the undertaker becoming aware of it.

9

  • (1) The undertaker must during the whole period from commencement of the licensed activities to completion of decommissioning of the authorised project seaward of MHWS exhibit such lights, marks, sounds, signals and other aids to navigation, and take such other steps for the prevention of danger to navigation as Trinity House may from time to time direct.
  • (2) The undertaker must during the period from the start of construction of the authorised project to completion of decommissioning of the authorised project seaward of MHWS keep Trinity House and the MMO informed of progress of the authorised project seaward of MHWS including the following—
  • (a) notice of commencement of construction of the authorised project within 24 hours of commencement having occurred;
  • (b) notice within 24 hours of any aids to navigation being established by the undertaker; and
  • (c) notice within five days of completion of construction of the authorised project.
  • (3) The undertaker must provide reports to Trinity House on the availability of aids to navigation in accordance with the frequencies set out in the aids to navigation management plan agreed pursuant to condition 14(1)(j) using the reporting system provided by Trinity House.
  • (4) The undertaker must during the whole period from commencement of the licensed activities to completion of decommissioning of the authorised project seaward of MHWS notify Trinity House and the MMO of any failure of the aids to navigation and the timescales and plans for remedying such failures, as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours following the undertaker becoming aware of any such failure.
  • (5) In the event that the provisions of condition 8(11) are invoked, the undertaker must lay down such buoys, exhibit such lights and take such other steps for preventing danger to navigation as directed by Trinity House.

Editorial notes

[^c24412491]: 2008 c.29. Section 37 was amended by section 128(2) and Schedule 13, Part 1, paragraphs 1 to 5 of the Localism Act 2011 (c.20).

[^c24412501]: Section 61 was amended by section 128(2) and Schedule 13, paragraph 18 to the Localism Act 2011 and by section 26 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7).

[^c24412511]: Section 65 was amended by Schedule 13 paragraph 22(2) and Schedule 25, paragraph 1 to the Localism Act 2011 and by section 27(1) of the Infrastructure Act 2015.

[^c24412521]: S.I. 2010/103. This instrument was amended by S.I. 2012/635.

[^c24412531]: Section 74 was amended by sections 128(2) and 237 and by Schedule 13, paragraph 29 and Schedule 25, paragraph 1, to the Localism Act 2011.

[^c24412541]: S.I. 2009/2263. Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 2012/635 and S.I. 2012/787. S.I. 2009/2263 was revoked by S.I. 2017/572, but continues to apply to this application for development consent by virtue of transitional provisions contained in regulation 37(2) of that instrument.

[^c24412551]: Section 104 was amended by section 58(5) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23) and by section 128(2) of the and Schedule 13, paragraphs 1 and 49(1) to (6) of the Localism Act 2011.

[^c24412561]: Section 132 was amended by section 24(3) of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27).

[^c24412571]: Sections 114,115 and 120 were amended by sections 128(2) and 140 and Schedule 13, paragraphs 1, 55(1), (2) and 60(1) and (3) of the Localism Act 2011. Relevant amendments were made to section 115 by section 160(1) to (6) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^c24412581]: 1961 c.33.

[^c24412591]: 1965 c.56.

[^c24412601]: 1980 c.66.

[^c24412611]: 1981 c.66.

[^c24412621]: 1989 c.29.

[^c24412631]: 1990 c.8.

[^c24412641]: 1991 c.22.

[^c24412651]: 2004 c.20.

[^c24412661]: 2009 c.23.

[^c24412671]: “Highway” is defined in section 328(1) of the 1980 Act. For “highway authority” see section 1 to that Act. Relevant amendments are as follows: section 1 was amended by sections 8 and 102 and Schedules 4, paragraph 1 and Schedule 17 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51), by section 21 of the 1991 Act and by section 1(6) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 to 4 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7).

[^c24412681]: 2010 c.29.

[^c24412691]: Section 48 was amended by section 124 (1) and (2) of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26).

[^c24412701]: “Street authority” is defined in section 49, which was amended by section 1(6) and paragraphs 113 and 117 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015.

[^c24412711]: S.I. 1997/1160. Relevant amendments to this instrument have been made by section 73(2) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) and by S.I. 2003/2155, S.I. 2006/1177, S.I. 2009/1307 and S.I. 2105/377.

[^c24412721]: 2017 c.20.

[^c24412731]: 1990 c.43. Relevant amendments are as follows: section 82 was amended by section 107 and Schedule 17 paragraph 6 of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25) and section 5(2) of the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 (c.40), and section 79 was amended by sections 101 and 102 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c.16), by section 2 of the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 and by section 120 and Schedule 22 paragraph 89 of the Environment Act 2005.

[^c24412741]: 1974 c.40. Sections 61(9) was amended by section 162 of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990, c.25. There are other amendments to the 1974 Act which are not relevant to the Order.

[^c24412751]: 1974 c.20. Sections 61(9) and 65(8) were amended by section 162 of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990, c.25. There are other amendments to the 1974 Act which are not relevant to the Order.

[^c24412761]: Sections 55, 57, 60, 68 and 69 were amended by the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c.18).

[^c24412771]: 1991 c.56. Section 106 was amended by sections 43(2) and 35(8)(a) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 (c.43) and sections 99(2), (4), (5)(a), (5)(b), (5)(c) and 36(2) of the Water Act 2003 (c.37) and section 32, Schedule 3, paragraph 16(1) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 c.29.

[^c24412781]: S.I. 2016/1154.

[^c24412791]: As defined in Part 5 of Schedule 9 (Protection for Network Rail Infrastructure Limited).

[^c24412801]: Inserted by section 182(2) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c.22).

[^c24412811]: Inserted by section 202(2) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c.22).

[^c24412821]: Inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 18 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c.22).

[^c24412831]: Inserted by section 202(1) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c.22).

[^c24412841]: Inserted by section 186(3) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c.22).

[^c24412851]: Inserted by schedule 17(1) paragraph 3 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c.22).

[^c24412861]: 2003 c.21.

[^c24412881]: Section 105(2) was substituted by section 69(3) of the Energy Act 2008 (c.32).

[^c24412891]: 1978 c.30. Section 7 was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 10 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27). There are other amendments not relevant to this Order.

[^c24412901]: S.I. 2017/1012.

[^c24412911]: Term as defined in the book of reference.

[^c24412921]: 1973 c.26.

[^c24412931]: 1986 c.44. A new section 7 was substituted by section 5 of the Gas Act 1995 (c.45), and was further amended by section 76 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27).

[^c24412941]: 1991 c.56.

[^c24412951]: 2003 c.21.

[^c24412961]: See section 106.

[^c24412971]: 1993 c.43.

[^c24412981]: 2006 c.46.

[^c24412991]: Section 102(4) was amended by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), s96(1) and the Water Act 2014 (c.21), Schedule 7, paragraph 90.

[^c24413001]: Section 104 was amended by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), s96 and the Water Act 2014 (c.21).

[^c24413011]: c.23. Section 23 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c.29), Schedule 22, paragraph 192 and the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c.29), Schedule 2, paragraph 32.

[^c24413021]: See section 72(1).

[^c24413031]: S.I. 2016/765.

[^c24413041]: S.I. 2002/1355.

[^c24413051]: S.I. 2016/765.

[^c24413061]: S.I. 2002/1355.

[^c24413071]: 1996 c.23.

[^key-582403c091bd8fbf538551a87e416ba0]: Art. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-2847f90f88125921b5226641e3f6cf07]: Art. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-dc4f555390c9829823cf421b049b2d78]: Art. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-b679a8e279801c3671ed0d48bccb26ac]: Art. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-1f1c131f150c7b141424cc26d5891a9d]: Art. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-c9e56885cf63cacc8f4ceba917e8de2e]: Art. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-fb26e31df2ba6008eb04b79a6aa3af43]: Art. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-790c2a414033e2e9eb37cc08d5a26feb]: Art. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-733ad1cc6ade2bbfe1890a6f7eef8a6b]: Art. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-829807f9276213e0140f62d2e1cc8364]: Art. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-62313e1831ce82abc7b91a1a010acf2d]: Art. 11 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-74dbae1d5b5305c7e24ea5ecbc1df855]: Art. 12 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-d54288a0fdbf8ce6d5aa1554caccac38]: Art. 13 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-3fdc8fc243cba29c57a8d32f5e989afe]: Art. 14 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-fd00d31c57dd3e736ea749af3f0cac71]: Art. 15 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-3ab5323af0e0516fceea09044cceda53]: Art. 16 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-1efc1e129718e3e1d35c8613b5fb20ac]: Art. 17 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-53f37c73f7fa4d1ca20b2f08723a2804]: Art. 18 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-708ecdd0b109df62263da69533497e1a]: Art. 19 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-6db0873deaf808a15f4edc8cbb226c4e]: Art. 20 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a3d254706ae8503a09a396b74daff82b]: Art. 21 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-f0270194fca1dab432dbfbfda6900eaf]: Art. 22 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-2b77c3a190ae0dd31016527b11904147]: Art. 23 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-aa5ab7284f8282184cb055aa2d290539]: Art. 24 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-3f4e3605d227133fdf4bcdf6197e12bb]: Art. 25 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-975d8215dccf59e0e0d12477be09ad91]: Art. 26 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-50970805bca320cdef586005e93ceb45]: Art. 27 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-5d516db3a993f0a4487c71166a9d8b15]: Art. 28 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-86f3cc717259cc65110b959065d5942d]: Art. 29 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-0385ba28689ebb8bd565a9da7582b640]: Art. 30 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-1efe8104a51bf5e65b4bb1d42fad5616]: Art. 31 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-47c21af857d6fc7126af10ac9cb6222e]: Art. 32 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-b152172e3fbee506e5ef90297907429f]: Art. 33 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-474375286e802bb60bb7ff2e4cf79ff6]: Art. 34 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-891f0358cb1f533b22829ee225755851]: Art. 35 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-664a087a2c1803b2ff6f710708c15ec9]: Art. 36 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-8c6b43f6717700ba1ea746d80de4e954]: Art. 37 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-1aa085d9e66776ec640fd5c97f5ba5b2]: Art. 38 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-215e88d2d847046d35f0a182cf56041c]: Art. 39 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a11a43292395d7babdf29098d14c2312]: Art. 40 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a9b8d1f8de7092869dfde59d0f93616f]: Art. 41 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-858b25a50a48d727fee3476715f17216]: Art. 42 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-7b5b44f031c480f13e6cb6ad635a8e28]: Art. 43 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-e8a80527c43a16c69bc26b10cbc64058]: Art. 44 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-422f5898637266a4cb5829af53b2e95f]: Art. 45 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-34e6da51332a0fbf5e2f4cca3f3982e7]: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-435918631ffd6ef43df250f2a7d874e7]: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-15283304c74971b08857eb94d85cf9a4]: Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-7446f8d30293afb6ef16f8592441f19d]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-9f95e45b634eed0e10cea63526a77f58]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a31ed8e820bb38dfff120669f47e722b]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a51780c0c30038e998cb62c4008a3760]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-21b3e9541aeb7662297a61ff14ac1e33]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-091becca7096037b9bc062d7df039689]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-51f5cff3da958e7e7da85d8883b28419]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-2d92586958fb2d6d541dec0a2d37e614]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-d00514d5f4db29e2f1af1874eaede085]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-b4862721d5633715fdba3982c7117b55]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-0dc52e0673d4111dc50c5f55ef365026]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 11 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-4a7e3dcc5f3c77cbcf753c4d33644622]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 12 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-047802d02556204960a275f8b1c736ff]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 13 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-cd9bde07cf9f73e81af935f2069a6919]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 14 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a4f0c376891bc31b51ecb863f025f84c]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 15 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-79263a33dd677c7c57140123501d3f12]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 16 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-83fcde6911a2a18ef56c7ba13ba392a8]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 17 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-bbc94057997dc3c73e845edcdd20ca29]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 18 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-f4a54ffd59a7c88fcc1ea0c3de4c712f]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 19 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-3a3144a8e48d6447b241b6bef033b12f]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 20 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-971a2c655c893bdc0b574c44e49fa59b]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 21 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-2686bb3ac11fff10c5a29054f5ca6eb5]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 22 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-6c7b3f9b157bddd4583994fa02e32700]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 23 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-eaef6a7e4493860feb0726a6c6705bda]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 24 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-bc8f329c896e94f57567837b10341c81]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 25 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-ff9b637804452fed913868249d4448f0]: Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 26 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-eb0cc3acecf4d5cf161a2befaa0a0848]: Sch. 7 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-581956c53fd00b7746c3d8fca791b4a4]: Sch. 7 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-7df6f4cef6012338d353112a6d4e7499]: Sch. 7 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-113db534f1cee16ddf5ed99f0a6aeaba]: Sch. 7 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-08d36d569a7a580eafb5353f4aa17bf5]: Sch. 7 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-1e05adbcd980346a73e6759792068afc]: Sch. 7 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-fdeff09f3f5f979e75bead1b857c2bb8]: Sch. 7 para. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-63dc8ee21c0e06c75625942c7fe0f37b]: Sch. 7 para. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-da04bc958a1d70b5cea95228f9b79f0f]: Sch. 7 para. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a61bbdb959f253acffb59ee64ad48401]: Sch. 7 para. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-ff902ddedfe61141d375aa2fbda4127b]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-cc3593362d52faba7fdc4c88dc7b7652]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-890dfd90a926836ed04df0e7005e8931]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-e3aa2c880e9d20755144ecb6550b9db1]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-fa8ff2bb98fc844daaa49502ae0b3d14]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-be8e762b29ae88b1555568805229d7f3]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-bf23dd75e14f0c9e8ccfca790b48bdf4]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-5f8fbf0e7940a7ff3eda38f332181a32]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-dd0144acb83f6c60f9e06a49f27e9b0f]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-331c30d9996647da3abc5c5359ae532d]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-574a12d9d70efecc89cb2e02853fa33b]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-6d4575f5663723ced84b002b6226a9b7]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a8874e1effedb8a718ff6e7532b079cc]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-eee27dcd358835fc6b0f57aba721c486]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-ed35cf21045aee3e5375ad0d71eeee0d]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-d1afd289d5a58553126aecf3f3b43077]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-de37c3b67f5d3ad721f305747d9230a1]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-e3c11936a4c703fd6ecf237e33ce8d33]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-36fd84d2d93d106d679f303be7e386f9]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-c5fd1c145cf08f561646e6680f2cf280]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-14e4d6b6136decea776e4190b30452bd]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 11 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-7cc7397f1d3ec4e2ba99b6d19639a361]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 12 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-c62fd778821c535303bbad3e283617e8]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 13 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-45da84a0368302778dafe8775d368f3e]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 14 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-3ef7eaab83a0d0bf52cb1c23958961ce]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 15 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-7ec9ca9868ef64ba25631ed20b8a179a]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 16 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-4312241d0396da9a08f37117d63be230]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 17 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-d0a5c661e5042c2fe9c9b32da6ff79fc]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-c0b27fd7623aeed25fbde25df498f2b0]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-5fed0a93572a506580613680ffb41f97]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-09cb47e3bd89885e62949d2df2166031]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a523bfe5ed8c882360bd29934633fe31]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-addfeee166260aeeea878d53e0708d28]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-c0e77832926da97d16f01424f6c17b80]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-0930f159bba03135df0e8771cf8e1574]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-4524621eb6f0fb877549464768aa86a2]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-7a0adf9976311adc9dd1956f11d722f9]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-140f545dc241ec5384cfe0676b27f390]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 11 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-577653ce0e8fa248e7cab7aea1956817]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 12 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-ea05ec3343feb4a127dba4ace392b9eb]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 13 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-324d8cf58d67f809a0b979ffa76fc3f6]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 14 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-89bd4cc1d2a6f78ccffdf0de56951317]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 15 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-1644e4b95859f94b6beea79f0164bb31]: Sch. 9 Pt. 3 para. 16 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-b31729cadcb0683bc9dd862189a4152c]: Sch. 9 Pt. 4 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-e3c6676e8b8ca65c6c0a83af8d616543]: Sch. 9 Pt. 4 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-10a86048ef58b4bebf2bbd2580b51f1b]: Sch. 9 Pt. 4 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-b9692e99f9e7597705df82ca927cec16]: Sch. 9 Pt. 4 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-9770db428b73ed9f5685b5ca9baf1d33]: Sch. 9 Pt. 4 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-51b8a6b60865656428c5360415770b4a]: Sch. 9 Pt. 4 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-07eaca036b92eb6750c469053469e99e]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-8b4e7882b9e031d610da47685b83e13a]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-66ac8a6a3bd9019e56df21d557faf6c7]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-3fe6e943ed30a045858931574b76b2d2]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-da7e72938d5f65c6fc75d3fb5d0802b8]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-be5da5010fff21bcdb13c811464b4a44]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-4d4708cb7d91707105d395aa7c3b9f23]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-b06ef0cb3266042f2af3c7fb1f34fd82]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-d554e5640e1ea8321f5c6d2154f50e53]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-325700da2d771e3051afa79b70b2db8c]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-299ec21c0e038bbfeaa8cc4a9599d059]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 11 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-a5b095245554de2b208097aa5121fa93]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 12 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-7de24f67408facdc17dcb429f209fdd1]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 13 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-101e413d1acb14ffd23942efa18bc34d]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 14 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-ef784076a47f1098656b49c2c6ebfbc8]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 15 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-d7700e48d828c9d7295f86c60102c681]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 16 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-830ba3054ed8ca8f899d87b1687e7d29]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 17 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-3f9b0c431e24d02f145d0084d826583f]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 18 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-7edeeb3b249cebb1e2e7350622d710e7]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 19 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-d15cb7609a846476f437bc9490aff3fb]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 20 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-aa08c280a622cb4140a07e1bf784ce4a]: Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 21 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-dffbcd0476c7f69a37d7a8b3004f33e8]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-043972ec4507c15c7d6ce42012608062]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-fa23d6cc011987e69b52aa234f56a101]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-d6d52b6059d7891c293fd6cc90933904]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-ffef567eccc11790a869746c11b518d0]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-2462af5571898a648ab44d244171288a]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-c77572d3ff3455ad0122a88c3b9808ca]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-ce246e83adcc06d2c5bed199c0caf7a6]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-40fa485f469ae316cb6deaad578e37a6]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-65c20e7e454a413cde9d45a6c4a33963]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-e3cbaa5ed375806f37ad47d881534a1c]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 11 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-6ddae50cd8add75e0f0d3a4a681d5aec]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 12 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-e8555e56c807e6905169f9b42a63fc0a]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 13 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-ec777373e0cd39985b4fe973048872ae]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 14 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-63cb4ab5c7119cb2294a67cd9e315505]: Sch. 9 Pt. 6 para. 15 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-1b5385686a77b08dafcc21eb71f5ea63]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-0eb4d26c1d5308d9d343c483a2589b7f]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-69136ba72479374c99ac9e102051d1e3]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-472f5c5f61c468f587c15d6cd6800895]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-89a779cc6f4239dda138856cbce03c41]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-cd8fdd7820fbb4f9b8e58d9d10ba061d]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-95f7080d1074cf1a769c9c4790e7cf5e]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-270cd81e4e67aaf8bfed4105aa2adc24]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-f27e303100a50fe4ccd99bd81ec13a62]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-b7bbc8b08bd539771fa2ea3def8cd2ad]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-d6f27e290e8bd3a98c63122de0a9d815]: Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 11 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-9d3ac8efd90c1437e4bfa5ff4cd17429]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-791ff14907917bb277dbf15c2a713b49]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-641127a20df8b6eab6df6f4ebb4795da]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-3ea8573808cd44c3cc2db0e06ee6544e]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 4 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-0089e58f943949559767adf2865aa0d0]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 5 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-038ee47771518aba46a99bca53d93fe5]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 6 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-50558fb4cedf84d56cbc198050bae708]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 7 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-4129eb048530450c37b715005d0ad2e5]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 8 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-9314b464cda7c53f17e78bf045a0a681]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 9 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-e6b2ec3e5572a033e4623e3aac7d2bc9]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 10 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-921fcf92e204a33dd09a19638a947d69]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 11 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-dfcec09effd594babdaa85d9a9a2a98c]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 12 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-e3f58b5c00f05c98e7bc4073c2a9fe33]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 13 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-6be523b021d6255e36d082e79b99961f]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 14 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-b6126a26a3ec1be12716178c2a5adc32]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 15 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-46a86add9fb71f6865b61c30cf3e7841]: Sch. 9 Pt. 8 para. 16 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-ca7ca1d83d3258dee58e9a731792c083]: Sch. 9 Pt. 9 para. 1 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-508714331b7e94145c3955c9b440f3f4]: Sch. 9 Pt. 9 para. 2 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

[^key-42380f88fca02955e0d8d17b5b3434ba]: Sch. 9 Pt. 9 para. 3 in force at 22.1.2021, see art. 1

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