The Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm Order 2004

PART I PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm Order 2004 and shall come into force on 16th April 2004.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“authorised works” means the scheduled works, the works and facilities described in article 3(4) and, except in articles 5 to 12, the existing mast;

“Civil Aviation Authority” means the body corporate called the Civil Aviation Authority constituted by the Civil Aviation Act 1982(1);

“the existing mast” means the existing anemometry mast on the bed of the North Sea adjoining the coast at Clacton-on-Sea in the District of Tendring, situated at reference point 620910E, 207857N;

“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;

“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;

“reference point” means Ordnance Survey National Grid reference point;

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

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

“the substation” means the substation described in paragraph 1(b) of the Schedule to this Order;

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

“the undertaker” means GE Gunfleet Limited or any person to whom the powers conferred by this Order are transferred in an agreement pursuant to article 21;

“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;

“wind turbine” means a wind turbine generator described in paragraph 1(a) of the Schedule 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.

(1)

1982 c. 16.