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The East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017

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76.  In this Part of this Schedule—

“Applicable Laws” means applicable laws, rules, orders, guidelines and regulations, including without limitation, those relating to health, safety and the environment and logistics activities such as helicopter and vessel operations;

“Good Offshore Wind Farm Construction Practice” means the application of those methods and practices customarily used in construction of wind farms in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf with that degree of diligence and prudence reasonably and ordinarily exercised by experienced operators and contractors engaged in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf in a similar activity under similar circumstances and conditions;

“Good Oilfield Practice” means the application of those methods and practices customarily used in good and prudent oil and gas field practice in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf with that degree of diligence and prudence reasonably and ordinarily exercised by experienced operators engaged in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf in a similar activity under similar circumstances and conditions;

“Guidance” means the “Oil and gas clause in Crown Estate leases, Guidance on procedures for independent valuation where necessary” published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in June 2014, or any similar supplementary or replacement policy;

“Licence” means United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P.1965;

“Licensee” means the licensee from time to time of the Licence;

“Licensees’ Works” means any infrastructure to be installed owned and occupied or maintained by or on behalf of the Licensees or exploration, appraisal, development and decommissioning activities (and associated logistics activities), by the Licensees in connection with the Licence within the Protected area;

“Ministerial Statement” means the written statement given by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to the UK Parliament regarding Crown Estate Leases for Offshore Renewables Projects on 12 July 2011, or any similar supplementary or replacement policy;

“Plan of the Licensees’ Works” means an exploration and development programme and details and location of Licensees’ Works and minimum requirements known at that time such as exclusive zones in accordance with Good Oilfield Practice and Applicable Laws to enable the Licensees to, as applicable, explore, appraise, develop and/or decommission hydrocarbon resources within the Protected area;

“Plan of the Undertakers’ Works” means a construction programme and details of location of the Undertakers’ Works and minimum requirements known at that time such as safety and exclusion zones in accordance with Good Offshore Wind Farm Construction Practice and Applicable Laws to enable the Undertaker to construct and operate the Undertakers’ Works within the Protected area;

“the Protected area” means the area coloured green on the Protective Provisions Plan (that area coloured green being delineated by a line drawn between the points in the Table of Co-ordinates);

“the Protective Provisions Plan” means the plan entitled Protective Provisions Plan and certified as the Protective Provisions Plan for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule;

“Proximity Agreement” means an agreement between the Undertaker and the Licensees to reconcile and protect the interests of the parties as are known at the time to secure the implementation of the Undertakers’ Works and the Licensees’ Works, taking account of the matters in paragraph 84;

“the Table of Co-ordinates” means the following table—

AreaLabel PointLatitude X (European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 31N)Longitude Y (European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 31N)
1A483,799.575,834,052.15
B494,193.525,830,959.70
C490,468.865,823,847.11
D483,750.965,823,832.51
2E500,000.005,846,795.24
F502,637.555,847,084.40
G500,000.005,842,047.75

“Undertakers’ Works” means the works permitted in this Order within the Protected area.

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