23.—(1) The undertaker must make a report (“carbon capture and export readiness monitoring report”) to the Secretary of State—
(a)on or before the date which is three months after the date of completion of commissioning of Work No. 1A; and
(b)within one month of the second anniversary, and each subsequent even-numbered anniversary, of that date.
(2) Each carbon capture and export readiness monitoring report must provide evidence that the undertaker has complied with Requirement 22—
(a)in the case of the first carbon capture and export readiness monitoring report, since commencement of the authorised development; and
(b)in the case of any subsequent report, since the making of the previous carbon capture and export readiness monitoring report,
and explain how the undertaker expects to continue to comply with Requirement 22 over the next two years.
(3) Each carbon capture and export readiness monitoring report must state whether the undertaker considers the retrofit of carbon capture and export technology is feasible explaining the reasons for any such conclusion and whether any impediments could be overcome.
(4) Each carbon capture and export readiness monitoring report must state, with reasons, whether the undertaker has decided to seek any additional regulatory clearances, or to modify any existing regulatory clearances, in respect of any carbon capture and export readiness proposals.
(5) In this paragraph “export” means the removal of carbon from the authorised development and transporting it to a place of usage or sequestration to avoid its release to the atmosphere.