Article 2 Interpretation
In this Order—
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“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;
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“generating station area” means the area delineated by a series of straight lines joining, in the sequence given, the grid locations specified in the table in the Schedule;
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“Green Volt offshore generating station” means the generating station, or that part of the generating station—
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located in offshore watersf1 approximately 80 kilometres from the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, within the limits of the generating station area, and
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at which electricity is generated for the purpose of supplying at least one offshore installation;
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“Green Volt Offshore Windfarm Limited” means the company of that name registered in Scotland with company number SC698787;
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“offshore installation” means an installation in offshore waters which is used for the purposes of, or in connection with, an activity in respect of which a licence has been granted or is required to be granted (as the case may be) under section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934f2 or section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998f3 (as that section has effect on the date on which this Order comes into force);
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“straight line” means a geodesic line.
Annotations
Footnotes
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The definition of “offshore waters” was inserted into section 64(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 by section 203 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 15 to, the Energy Act 2023 (c. 52).
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1934 c. 36. Section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 (“the 1934 Act”) was repealed by section 51 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 5 to, the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17) (“the 1998 Act”), but section 49 of, and paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 3 to, the 1998 Act make provision to maintain licences granted under section 2 of the 1934 Act and which existed immediately before the 1998 Act came into force.
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