The Norfolk Offshore Wind Farm Order 2003

PART I PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Norfolk Offshore Wind Farm Order 2003 and shall come into force on 21st November 2003.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other works or facilities authorised by this Order;

“Civil Aviation Authority” means the body corporate called the Civil Aviation Authority constituted by the Civil Aviation Act 1982;

“the level of high water” means the level of mean high water springs;

“the limits of deviation” in relation to a work, means the limits of deviation related to that work which are shown on the works plans;

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, relay, remove, reconstruct and replace; and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;

“the inter-turbine cables” means the cables referred to in paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 1 to this Order;

“the marine feeder cables” means the cables referred to in paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 1 to this Order;

“notice to mariners” includes any notice to mariners which may be issued to mariners by the Admiralty, Trinity House, Queen’s Harbourmasters, government departments and harbour and pilotage authorities;

“the scheduled works” means the works specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;

“the sections” means the sections certified by the Secretary of State as the sections for the purposes of this Order;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

“the undertaker” means Norfolk Offshore Wind Limited or any person to whom the powers conferred by this Order are transferred in an agreement pursuant to article 22;

“vessel” means a ship, boat, raft or water craft of any description and includes non-displacement craft, seaplanes and any other thing constructed or adapted for floating on or being submersed in water (whether permanently or temporarily) and a hovercraft or other amphibious vehicle;

“the wind farm site” means an area enclosed by an imaginary line drawn between wind turbines A1, C1, C10, A10 and A1;

“wind turbine” means a wind turbine referred to in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1 to this Order; and

“the works plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the works plans for the purposes of this Order.

(2) All directions, distances, lengths and points stated in any description of works or powers shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such direction, distance, length and point.