# The Carbon Capture Readiness (Electricity Generating Stations) Regulations 2013, Regulation 3: Development consent: determination of carbon capture readiness and requirements to be imposed where CCR conditions are met

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State must not make a relevant consent order unless the Secretary of State has determined whether the CCR conditions are met in relation to the combustion plant to which the consent order relates.
(2) The Secretary of State’s determination under paragraph (1) must be made on the basis of—
(a) a CCR assessment of the combustion plant prepared by the person who made the application for the relevant consent order; and
(b) any other available information, particularly concerning the protection of the environment and human health.
(3) If the Secretary of State—
(a) determines that the CCR conditions are met in relation to a combustion plant; and
(b) decides to make a relevant consent order in respect of that plant,
the Secretary of State must include a requirement in the relevant consent order that suitable space is set aside for the equipment necessary to capture and compress all of the CO2 that would otherwise be emitted from the plant.
(4) In this regulation, in the case of a consent order for a relevant extension, references to a “combustion plant” are references to that plant as extended.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2696/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-capture-readiness-electricity-generating-stations-regulations-2013/regulation-3
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