The Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2019

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2019 and they come into force on 1 April 2019.

(2) In these Regulations—

“application” (“cais”) means an application to the Welsh Ministers under section 36(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 for consent to construct, extend or operate an offshore generating station, together with any application under section 36A(2) of that Act for a declaration relating to rights of navigation which is made with the application under section 36; and

“column 3” (“colofn 3”) means column 3 of the table in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(1)

Section 36 was amended by section 93(1) and (3) of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) (“the 2004 Act”), paragraph 31 and 32 of Schedule 2 to the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), section 12(7) and (8) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) (“the 2009 Act”), section 78 of the Energy Act 2016 (c. 20) and section 39(7) to (11) of, and paragraph 47 of Schedule 6 to, the 2017 Act. Other amendments to section 36 are not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

Section 36A was inserted by section 99 of the 2004 Act and amended by section 12(7) and (8) of the 2009 Act and section 40(1) to (5) of the 2017 Act.