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Regulation 2
1.—(1) “Offshore installation” means an installation or structure, other than a ship, used for carrying on an activity in sub-paragraph (2) which is situated in the waters of, or on or under the seabed in, the marine area; and “marine area” means—
(a)the tidal waters and parts of the sea in or adjacent to the United Kingdom up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea; and
(b)the area designated by an Order in Council under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964(1).
(2) The activities are—
(a)the exploitation, or the exploration with a view to exploitation, of mineral resources in or under the shore or bed of waters in the marine area;
(b)the exploration of a place in, under or over such waters with a view to the storage of gas;
(c)the conversion of a place under the shore or bed of such waters for the purpose of storing gas;
(d)the storage of gas in, under or over such waters or the recovery of gas so stored;
(e)the unloading of gas at a place in, under or over such waters;
(f)the conveyance of things by means of a pipe, or system of pipes, constructed or placed on, in or under the shore or bed of such waters;
(g)the provision of accommodation for persons who work on or from an installation which is or has been maintained, or is intended to be established, for the carrying on of an activity in this sub-paragraph.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)references (in whatever form) to storing gas include storing gas with a view to its permanent disposal;
(b)“gas” means—
(i)gas within the meaning of the Energy Act 2008(2); or
(ii)carbon dioxide.
1964 c. 29. Section 1(7) is amended by section 37 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to, the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23). Areas have been designated under section 1(7) by S.I. 1987/1265 (as amended by S.I. 2000/3062), S.I. 2000/3062 (as amended by S.I. 2001/3670) and S.I. 2001/3670.
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