The Electricity (Individual Exemption from the Requirement for a Supply Licence) (Green Volt) (Scotland) Order 2024

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;

“generating station area” means the area delineated by a series of straight lines joining, in the sequence given, the grid locations specified in the table in the Schedule;

“Green Volt offshore generating station” means the generating station, or that part of the generating station—

(a)

located in offshore waters(1) approximately 80 kilometres from the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, within the limits of the generating station area, and

(b)

at which electricity is generated for the purpose of supplying at least one offshore installation;

“Green Volt Offshore Windfarm Limited” means the company of that name registered in Scotland with company number SC698787;

“offshore installation” means an installation in offshore waters which is used for the purposes of, or in connection with, an activity in respect of which a licence has been granted or is required to be granted (as the case may be) under section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934(2) or section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998(3) (as that section has effect on the date on which this Order comes into force);

“straight line” means a geodesic line.

(1)

The definition of “offshore waters” was inserted into section 64(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 by section 203 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 15 to, the Energy Act 2023 (c. 52).

(2)

1934 c. 36. Section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 (“the 1934 Act”) was repealed by section 51 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 5 to, the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17) (“the 1998 Act”), but section 49 of, and paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 3 to, the 1998 Act make provision to maintain licences granted under section 2 of the 1934 Act and which existed immediately before the 1998 Act came into force.

(3)

1998 c. 17.