The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010

Notification and implementation of changes

4.—(1) The operator must notify the authority of any change planned in the operation of the storage site, including any change concerning the operator.

(2) A notification under sub-paragraph (1) must specify the target date.

(3) Except where sub-paragraph (4) applies, such a notification must be made at least three months before the target date.

(4) If the change solely concerns the operator, the notification must be made at least four weeks before the target date.

(5) The change may not be implemented before the later of—

(a) the target date, or any date notified under regulation 11(4)(b); and

(b) the date notified by the authority in accordance with regulation 11(1)(b)(ii).

(6) The change may not be implemented if the authority makes a notification to that effect under regulation 11(2)(b).

(7) However, notwithstanding sub-paragraphs (5) and (6), the change may be implemented on or after the later of the dates mentioned in sub-paragraph (5)(a) if the authority has not before then made a notification under regulation 11(1)(b)(ii) or (2)(b).