Section 109 Carrying out of decommissioning programmesI1

C1(1)

Where a decommissioning programme is approved by the F1appropriate Minister, it shall be the duty of the person who submitted the programme to secure—

(a)

that it is carried out in every respect; and

(b)

that all the conditions to which the approval is subject are complied with.

(2)

Where a relevant object is subject to a decommissioning programme approved by the appropriate Minister, it is an offence for a person to take any measures for decommissioning that object unless he does so—

(a)

in accordance with the programme; or

(b)

with the agreement of the appropriate Minister.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Pt. 2 Ch. 3 substituted (1.4.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 62(10)(11), 72(4)(e); S.I. 2017/300, reg. 3 (with regs. 4-6)

Modifications

C1: S. 109(1) applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (30.6.2015) by The Swansea Bay Tidal Generating Station Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1386), arts. 1, 42(4)(5)(c) (with arts. 51, 53)

Commencement

I1: S. 109 in force at 1.10.2005 by S.I. 2005/877, art. 2(2), Sch. 2