The Keadby 3 (Carbon Capture Equipped Gas Fired Generating Station) Order 2022

Interpretation E+W+S

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(1);

“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(2);

“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980(3);

“the 1981 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981(4);

“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(5);

“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(6);

“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008(7);

“the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009(8);

“access and rights of way plans” means the plans of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which are certified by the Secretary of State as the access and rights of way plans for the purposes of this Order;

“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission; “AOD” means above ordnance datum;

“AGL” means above ground level;

“apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act except that it further includes pipelines (and parts of them), aerial markers, cathodic protection test posts, field boundary markers, transformer rectifier kiosks, electricity cables, telecommunications equipment and electricity cabinets;

“application guide” means the document of that name identified in the Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the application guide for the purposes of this Order;

“authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Schedule 1 (authorised development) which is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

“book of reference” means the document of that name identified in the table in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference for the purposes of this Order;

“building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection;

“canal” means the Stainforth and Keadby Canal;

“Canal and River Trust” means the body of that name which is a company limited by guarantee (company no. 07807276) and a registered charity (charity commission No 146792) whose registered office is at First Floor, North Station House, 550 Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, MK9 1BB;

“carbon capture and compression plant” means the building and associated works comprised in Work No. 1C and Work No. 7 [F1 as set out] in Schedule 1 [F1 and as] shown on the works plans and which are designed to capture, compress and export to the National Grid Carbon Gathering Network, a minimum rate of 90% of the carbon dioxide emissions of the generating station operating at full load;

“carriageway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“combined heat and power assessment” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the combined heat and power assessment for the purposes of this Order;

“commence” means carry out a material operation, as defined in section 155 of the 2008 Act (which explains when development begins) comprised in or for the purposes of the authorised development other than the permitted preliminary works (except where stated to the contrary) and “commencement”, “commenced” and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;

“commercial use” means the export of electricity, and of captured compressed carbon dioxide emissions, from the authorised development on a commercial basis, following the completion of commissioning of the authorised development and the first occupation of the authorised development by the undertaker;

“commissioning” means the process of testing all systems and components of the authorised development (including the carbon capture and compression plant and systems and components which are not yet installed but the installation of which is near to completion) in order to verify that they function in accordance with the design objectives, specifications and operational requirements of the undertaker and “commission” and other cognate expressions, in relation to the authorised development are to be construed accordingly;

“compulsory acquisition notice” means a notice served in accordance with section 134 of the 2008 Act;

“construction working site” means a construction site associated with the works including hard standings, lay down and storage areas for materials, equipment, areas for spoil, areas for vehicle parking, areas for welfare facilities including offices, canteen and washroom facilities, workshop facilities temporary fencing or other means of enclosure and areas for other facilities required for construction purposes;

“deemed marine licence” means a licence as set out in Schedule 13 and deemed by article 39 to have been granted under Part 4 of the 2009 Act by virtue of section 149A of the 2008 Act;

“design principles” means the document of that name (being Appendix 1 of the design and access statement) identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the design principles for the purposes of this Order;

“Electricity Act” means the Electricity Act 1989(9);

“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—

(a)

by means of an electronic communications network; or

(b)

by other means but while in electronic form;

“environmental statement” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the environmental statement for the purposes of this Order;

“flood risk assessment” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the flood risk assessment for the purposes of this Order;

“framework construction environmental management plan” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the framework construction environmental management plan for the purposes of this Order;

“framework construction traffic management plan” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the framework construction framework management plan for the purposes of this Order;

“framework construction workers travel plan” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the framework construction workers travel plan for the purposes of this Order;

“footpath” and “footway” have the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“group company” means in relation to the undertaker company, that company and any company which is from time to time a holding company of that company or a subsidiary or subsidiary undertaking of that company or of such holding company;

“haul road plans” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the haul road plans for the purposes of this Order;

“haul road” means the temporary haul road constructed pursuant to the haul road planning permission (together with such alterations pursuant to Work No. 10a);

“haul road planning permission” means the conditional planning permission with North Lincolnshire Council reference PA/2019/1595, dated 15 November 2019 as varied by planning permission referenced PA/2021/188 dated 1 April 2021, and any other variations thereto (which shall include for the avoidance of doubt any variations pursuant to Section 73 of the 1990 Act);

“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“indicative landscape and biodiversity plan” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the indicative landscaping and biodiversity plan for the purposes of this Order;

“indicative landscaping and biodiversity management and enhancement plan” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the indicative landscaping and biodiversity management and enhancement plan for the purposes of this Order;

“indicative lighting strategy” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the indicative lighting strategy for the purposes of this Order;

“indicative surface water drainage plan” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the indicative surface water drainage plan for the purposes of this Order;

“land plans” means the plans of that name identified in the table in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which are certified by the Secretary of State as the land plans for the purposes of this Order;

“licence conditions” means the conditions set out in respect of the deemed marine licence in Schedule 13;

“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation for each of the works as comprised in the works plans;

“main river” means a watercourse shown as such on the main river map for England and includes any structure or appliance for controlling or regulating the flow of water into or out of the channel which (a) is a structure or appliance situated in the channel or in any part of the bank of the channel; and (b) is not a structure of appliance vested in or controlled by an internal drainage board and “river” shall be construed accordingly;

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, refurbish, reconstruct, replace and improve any part of, but not remove, reconstruct or replace the whole of, the authorised development provided that any such activities do not give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects than those assessed in the environmental statement and “maintenance” and “maintaining” are to be construed accordingly;

“MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

“NGC” means National Grid Carbon Limited (Company Registration Number 03932833) whose registered office is at 1 to 3 Strand, London, WC2N 5EH;

“National Grid Carbon Gathering Network” means the proposed network of high pressure carbon dioxide pipelines to be developed by NGC to transport carbon dioxide from power and industrial carbon dioxide emitters to compression facilities for onwards geological storage;

“NGET” means National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (Company Registration Number 02366977) whose registered office is at 1 to 3 Strand, London, WC2N 5EH;

“NGG” means National Grid Gas plc (Company Registration Number 02366977) whose registered office is at 1 to 3 Strand, London WC2N 5EH;

“Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc” means the company of the same name (Company Registration Number 04112320) whose registered office is at Lloyds Court, 78 Grey Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6AF;

“Order land” means the land delineated and marked as such on the land plans;

“Order limits” means the limits shown on the works plans within which the authorised development may be carried out;

“outline written scheme of investigation” means the document of that name identified in Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the outline written scheme of investigation for the purposes of this Order;

“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(10);

“permitted preliminary works” means all or any of—

(a)

environmental surveys, geotechnical surveys, intrusive archaeological surveys and other investigations for the purpose of assessing ground conditions, and removal of plant, structures and machinery;

(b)

above ground site preparation for temporary facilities for the use of contractors;

(c)

the provision of temporary means of enclosure and site security for construction;

(d)

the temporary display of site notices or advertisements;

(e)

site clearance (including vegetation removal);

“Pilfrey laydown plans” means the document of that name identified in the Schedule 12 (documents and plans to be certified) approved as part of the Pilfrey laydown planning permission and which is certified by the Secretary of State as the Pilfrey laydown plans for the purposes of this Order;

“Pilfrey laydown planning permission” means the conditional planning permission with North Lincolnshire Council reference PA/2018/1950, dated 23 November 2018, and any other variations thereto (which shall include for the avoidance of doubt any variations pursuant to Section 73 of the 1990 Act);

“Planning Acts” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1947(11), the Town and Country Planning Act 1962(12), the Town and Country Planning Act 1971(13), and the 1990 Act;

“plot(s)” means each of the plots listed in the book of reference and shown on the land plans;

“relevant planning authority” means the district planning authority for the area in which the land to which the provisions of this Order apply is situated;

“Requirements” means those matters set out in Schedule 2 (Requirements) and “Requirement” means any one of the Requirements;

“statutory undertaker” means any person falling within section 127(8) of the 2008 Act;

“street” means a street within the meaning of section 48 of the 1991 Act, together with land on the verge of a street or between two carriageways, and includes any footpath and any part of a street;

“street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act;

“street works” means the works listed in article 9(1);

“Upper Tribunal” means the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal;

“undertaker” means Keadby Generation Limited, company number 02729513, whose registered address is Keadby Power Station Trentside, Keadby, Scunthorpe DN17 3EF;

“watercourse” includes every river, stream, creek, ditch, drain, canal, cut, culvert, dyke, sluice, sewer and passage through which water flows except a public sewer or drain;

“works plans” means the plans (which show limits of deviation for each numbered work) of that name identified in Schedule 12 and which are certified by the Secretary of State as the works plans for the purposes of this Order.

(2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do or to place and maintain anything in, on or under land or in the air-space above its surface and to any trusts or incidents (including restrictive covenants) to which the land is subject and references to the creation or acquisition of new rights include the imposition of restrictive covenants which interfere with the interests or rights of another and are for the benefit of land which is acquired under this Order or over which rights are created and acquired under this Order or is otherwise comprised in this Order.

(3) All distances, directions and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between lines and/or points on a numbered work comprised in the authorised development and shown on the works plans and access rights of way plans are to be taken to be measured along that work.

(4) Where any definitions in paragraph (1) are duplicated or similar to definitions within the interpretation sections of Schedule 13 (deemed marine licence under Part 4 (Marine Licensing) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009/Deemed MMO provisions) then (unless expressly stated otherwise in Schedule 13) defined terms in this article 2 shall not apply to Schedule 13.

(5) References in this Order to numbered works are references to the works comprising the authorised development as numbered in Schedule 1 [F1 and as] and shown on the works plans and a reference in this Order to a work designated by a number, or by a combination of letters and numbers (for example, “Work No. 1A” or “numbered work 1A”), is a reference to the work so designated in that Schedule and a reference to “Work No. 1” or “numbered work 1” means numbered works 1A to 1E inclusive and the same principle applies to such numbered works that contain letters.

(6) In this Order, the expression “includes” is to be construed without limitation.

(7) In this Order, references to any statutory body include that body’s successor bodies.

(8) All areas described in square metres in the book of reference are approximate.

(9) References in this Order to points identified by letters or numbers are to be construed as references to points so lettered or numbered on the access and rights of way plans.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 2 added (20.4.2023) by The Keadby 3 (Carbon Capture Equipped Gas Fired Generating Station) (Correction) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/442), art. 1, Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 2 in force at 29.12.2022, see art. 1

(1)

1961 c. 33.

(2)

1965 c. 56.

(3)

1980 c. 66.

(4)

1981 c. 66.

(5)

1990 c. 8.

(6)

1991 c. 22.

(7)

2008 c. 29.

(8)

2009 c. 23.

(9)

1989 c. 29.

(10)

1981 c. 67. Section 7 was amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 1991 (c. 34).

(11)

1947 c. 51. This Act was repealed by the Planning (Consequential Provision) Act 1990 (c. 11).

(12)

1962 c. 38. This Act was repealed by the Planning (Consequential Provision) Act 1990.

(13)

1971 c. 78. This Act was repealed by the Planning (Consequential Provision) Act 1990.