Explanatory note

This Order specifies designated technical matters for the purposes of section 45(6)(a) of the Energy Act 2008 (c.32). A person subject to section 45(1) of that Act must prepare and submit to the Secretary of State a funded decommissioning programme and that programme must, in particular, contain estimates of the costs in connection with the designated technical matters and the funding of those costs.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect of this Order on the costs of business is available from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW. Copies have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.