The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm Order 2023

3.  In this Part of this Schedule— E+W+S

“acceptable insurance” means a third party liability insurance effected and maintained by the undertaker to a level of not less than [F1 £50,000,000.00] (fifty million pounds) (or such lower amount as may be agreed by Dogger Bank) per occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of one event. Such insurance shall be maintained for the construction period of the authorised development which constitute specified works and arranged with an internationally recognised insurer of repute operating in the London and worldwide insurance market underwriters whose security/credit rating meets the same requirements as an “acceptable credit provider”, such policy shall include (but without limitation)—

(a)

Dogger Bank as a Co-Insured;

(b)

a cross liabilities clause; and

(c)

contractors’ pollution liability for third party property damage and third party bodily damage arising from a pollution/contamination event with cover of £10,000,000.00 (ten million pounds) per event or £20,000,000.00 (twenty million pounds) in aggregate;

“Dogger Bank” means Doggerbank Offshore Wind Farm Project 1 Projco Limited (Company No. 07791991) and Doggerbank Offshore Wind Farm Project 2 Projco Limited (Company No. 07914510) whose registered office is at No.1 Forbury Place, 43 Forbury Road, Reading, United Kingdom, RG1 3JH;

“the Dogger Bank authorised development” means the onshore development authorised by the Dogger Bank Order;

“Dogger Bank limits of deviation” means the areas of the Dogger Bank Order land in respect of which the Dogger Bank authorised development may be constructed, in accordance with article 3(2) of the Dogger Bank Order;

“the Dogger Bank Order” means the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015 (as amended)(1);

“the Dogger Bank Order land” means the land or any part of it shown as falling within the Dogger Bank Order limits;

“ground mitigation scheme” means a scheme approved by Dogger Bank (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) setting out the necessary measures (if any) for a ground subsidence event;

“ground monitoring scheme” means a scheme for monitoring ground subsidence which sets out the Dogger Bank authorised development which is to be subject to such monitoring, the extent of land to be monitored, the manner in which ground levels are to be monitored, the timescales of any monitoring activities and the extent of ground subsidence which, if exceeded, shall require the undertaker to submit for Dogger Bank’s approval a ground mitigation scheme;

“ground subsidence event” means any ground subsidence identified by the monitoring activities set out in the ground monitoring scheme that has exceeded the level described in the ground monitoring scheme as requiring a ground mitigation scheme; and

“the Hornsea Four authorised development” means the development authorised by this Order;

“the respective authorised developments” means the Dogger Bank authorised development and the Hornsea Four authorised development;

“specified works” means the carrying out of any of the authorised development over, under or within 15 metres of the Dogger Bank authorised development or in the event that the Dogger Bank authorised development has not been constructed within the Dogger Bank limits of deviation.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sum in Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 3 substituted (31.1.2024) by The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/117), art. 1(2), Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 9 Pt. 7 para. 3 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1

(1)

S.I. 2015/318.