Paragraph 1 I1

In this licence—

• “the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

• “the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

• “Annex 1 Habitat” means such habitat as defined under the EU Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora;

• “authorised deposits” means the substances and articles specified in paragraph 2(3);

• “authorised scheme” means Works No. 2 and 3A described in paragraph 2 of this licence;

• “CAA” means the Civil Aviation Authority constituted by the Civil Aviation Act 1982;

• “Cefas” means the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science;

• “commence” means the first carrying out of any part of the licensed activities save for pre-construction surveys and monitoring;

• “condition” means a condition in Part 2 of this licence;

• “Defence Infrastructure Organisation Safeguarding” means Ministry of Defence Safeguarding, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Kingston Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7RL and any successor body to its functions;

• “draft written scheme of investigation: archaeology and cultural heritage (offshore)” means the document certified as the draft written scheme of investigation: archaeology and cultural heritage (offshore) by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

• “enforcement officer” means a person authorised to carry out enforcement duties under Chapter 3 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

• “environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order and submitted with the application;

• “gravity base foundation” means a structure principally of steel, concrete, or steel and concrete which rests on the seabed either due to its own weight with or without added ballast or additional skirts and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment;

• “HVDC offshore converter station” means a platform with one or more decks, whether open or fully clad, accommodating electrical power transformers, AC equipment including phase reactors and AC filters, AC/DC converter with switching devices, DC equipment including DC capacitors and DC filters and associated equipment, switch gear, cooling systems, instrumentation, protection and control systems, standby electrical generation equipment, fuelling facilities, auxiliary and uninterruptible power supply systems and transformers, accommodation and/or emergency shelter, craneage, meteorological equipment, helicopter landing facilities, messing facilities, potable water storage, black water separation equipment, control hub, drainage facilities, access equipment, J-tubes, marking and lighting and other associated equipment and facilities to enable the transmission of electronic communication and the conversion and transmission of electricity;

• “jacket foundation” means a steel jacket/lattice-type structure constructed of steel which is fixed to the seabed at two or more points with steel pin piles or steel suction buckets and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment, and “discrete jacket foundation types” shall include pre-piled or post-piled jackets, three-legged or four legged jackets, or straight or battered leg jackets;

• “JNCC” means the Joint Nature Conservation Committee;

• “Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin” means the bulletin published by the Humber Seafood Institute or such other alternative publication approved in writing by the MMO;

• “LAT” means lowest astronomical tide;

• “licensed activities” means the activities specified in Part 1 of this licence;

• “maintain” includes inspect, maintain, repair, adjust and alter, and further includes remove, reconstruct and replace any of the ancillary works in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (authorised project) and any component part of any wind turbine generator, offshore substation or meteorological mast described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised project) (but not including the alteration, removal or replacement of foundations) to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;

• “major storm event” means a greater than 1 in 10 year wave event within the Order limits seaward of MHWS in terms of a wave height measured from the West Gabbard Waverider buoy (WESTGAB) or any other definition as agreed with the MMO;

• “Marine Management Organisation” or “MMO” means the body created under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 which is responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of this licence;

• “MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;

• “mean high water springs level” or “MHWS” means the highest level which spring tides reach on average over a period of time;

• “monopile foundation” means a steel pile, typically cylindrical, driven and/or drilled into the seabed and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment;

• “notice to mariners” includes any notice to mariners which may be issued by the Admiralty, Trinity House, Queen’s harbourmasters, government departments and harbour and pilotage authorities;

• “offshore Order limits” means the limits shown on the works plan within which the authorised scheme may be carried out;

• “offshore substation” means a HVDC converter station;

• “the Order” means the East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014;

• “Order limits boundary coordinates plan” means the document certified as the Order limits boundary coordinates plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

• “outline Bawdsey bed level monitoring and remediation strategy” means the document certified as the outline Bawdsey bed level monitoring and remediation strategy by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

• “outline navigation monitoring strategy” means the document certified as the outline navigation monitoring strategy by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

• “outline offshore operations and maintenance and monitoring plan” means the document certified as the outline offshore operations maintenance and monitoring plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

• “suction buckets” means large diameter steel cylindrical shells which penetrate the seabed assisted by hydrostatic pressure differential for fixity of steel jacket foundations;

• “Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

• “UK Hydrographic Office” means the UK Hydrographic Office of Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN;

• “undertakers” means East Anglia ONE Limited, which is the named undertakers, or any other person who has the benefit of this Order in accordance with section 156 of the 2008 Act for such time as that section applies to that person;

• “vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water;

• “wind turbine generator” or “WTG” means a structure comprising a tower, rotor with three blades connected at the hub, nacelle and ancillary electrical and other equipment which may include J-tube(s), transition piece, access and rest platforms, access ladders, boat access systems, corrosion protection systems, fenders and maintenance equipment, helicopter landing facilities and other associated equipment, fixed to a foundation;

• “Work No. 1” means the offshore generating stations comprising wind turbine generators, HVAC collector stations, meteorological masts and interconnecting subsea cables;

• “Work No. 3B” means up to four cables and up to eight additional cable ducts laid underground from mean low water at Bawdsey Cliffs to the cable landfall; and

• “works plan” means the plan certified as the works plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order.

A reference to any statute, order, regulation or similar instrument shall be construed as a reference to a statute, order, regulation or instrument as amended by any subsequent statute, order, regulation or instrument or as contained in any subsequent re-enactment.

Unless otherwise indicated—

Except where otherwise notified in writing by the relevant organisation, the primary point of contact with the organisations listed below and the address for returns and correspondence shall be—