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10.—(1) This article applies for the purposes of article 9.
(2) The regulator, in relation to an installation set out in column 1 of table A, is the regulator set out in the corresponding entry in column 2.
Column 1 | Column 2 |
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Installation | Regulator |
Installation in— (a) England; (b) the territorial sea adjacent to England, except where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3) | Environment Agency |
Installation in— (a) Northern Ireland; (b) controlled waters adjacent to Northern Ireland; (c) the territorial sea (other than controlled waters) adjacent to Northern Ireland, except where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3)(a) | Chief inspector |
Installation in— (a) Scotland; (b) controlled waters adjacent to Scotland; (c) the territorial sea (other than controlled waters) adjacent to Scotland, except where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3)(a) | SEPA |
Installation in— (a) Wales; (b) the territorial sea adjacent to Wales | NRW |
Installation in— (a) the territorial sea adjacent to England, where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3); (b) the territorial sea (other than controlled waters) adjacent to Northern Ireland and Scotland, where the installation is used for a purpose referred to in paragraph (3)(a); (c) the UK sector of the continental shelf | Secretary of State |
(3) The purposes are—
(a)a purpose connected with the exploration for, or exploitation of, petroleum (within the meaning of section 1 of the Petroleum Act 1998(1));
(b)a purpose connected with an activity referred to in section 2(3) of the Energy Act 2008(2) (unloading and storage of combustible gas);
(c)a purpose connected with an activity referred to in section 17(2) of that Act (storage of carbon dioxide).
(4) In this article—
“controlled waters” means the part of the territorial sea that is between the landward limit of the territorial sea and the line that is 3 nautical miles seaward of the landward limit of the territorial sea;
“territorial sea” means the territorial sea of the United Kingdom;
“territorial sea adjacent to England” means the part of the territorial sea that is not adjacent to Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.
(5) In this article, a reference to England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales includes a reference to waters adjacent to England or, as the case may be, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales that are landward of the landward limit of the territorial sea.
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