Paragraph 16 Notifications and inspectionsI1

The undertaker must ensure that—

Only those persons and vessels notified to the MMO in accordance with condition 26 are permitted to carry out the licensed activities.

Copies of this marine licence must also be available for inspection at the following locations—

The documents referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) must be available for inspection by an authorised enforcement officer at the locations set out in sub-paragraph (3)(b) above.

The undertaker must ensure that a copy of this marine licence and any subsequent revisions or amendments has been read and understood by the masters of any vessel being used to carry on any licensed activity set out in condition 26(3), and that a copy of this marine licence is held on board any such vessel.

The undertaker must provide access, and if necessary appropriate transportation, to the offshore construction site or any other associated works or vessels to facilitate any inspection that the MMO considers necessary to inspect the works during construction and operation of the authorised development.

The undertaker must inform the MMO Local Office in writing at least five days prior to the commencement of the licensed activities and within five days of the completion of the licensed activity.

The undertaker must inform the Kingfisher Information Service of details regarding the vessel routes, timings and locations relating to the construction of the authorised development or relevant stage thereof by notice via the Kingfisher Information Service portal https://kingfisherbulletin.org/submit-notice) and by email sent to [email protected]—

The undertaker must ensure that a local notification to mariners is issued at least 14 days prior to the commencement of the authorised development or any relevant stage advising of the start date of Work Nos. 2, 2A and 3 and the expected vessel routes from the construction ports to the relevant location. Copies of all notices must be provided to the MMO, MCA and UK Hydrographic Office within five days of issue.

The undertaker must ensure that local notifications to mariners are updated and reissued at weekly intervals during construction activities and at least five days before any planned operations and maintenance works and the notices must be supplemented with VHF radio broadcasts agreed with the MCA in accordance with the project environmental management plan approved under deemed marine licence condition 22(1)(d) and monitoring plan approved under condition 22(1)(f). Copies of all local notifications must be provided to the MMO and UK Hydrographic Office within five days of issue, save for in the case of a notice relating to operations and maintenance, which must be provided within 24 hours of issue.

The undertaker must notify the UK Hydrographic Office of the commencement (within 14 days), progress and completion of construction (within 14 days) of the licensed activities in order that all necessary amendments to nautical and aeronautical charts are made and the undertaker must send a copy of such notifications to the MMO, MCA and PLA within five days of the notification.

In case of damage to, or destruction or decay of, the authorised development seaward of MHWS or any part thereof, excluding the exposure of cables, the undertaker must as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than 24 hours following the undertaker becoming aware of any such damage, destruction or decay, notify the MMO, the MCA, PLA, Trinity House, the Kingfisher Information Service and the UK Hydrographic Office.

In case of exposure of cables on or above the seabed, the undertaker must within three days following identification of a potential cable exposure, notify mariners and inform the Kingfisher Information Service of the location and extent of exposure. Copies of all notices must be provided to the MMO, the MCA, Trinity House and the UK Hydrographic Office within five days.

The undertaker must notify the MMO in writing a minimum of five days in advance of the commencement of each discrete incident of cable repair, replacement, or protection replenishment activity. Such a notification must include proposed timings and a description of proposed methodologies.

The undertaker must ensure that the MMO, the MMO Local Office, local mariners, local fishermen’s organisations, PLA and the Source Data Receipt Team at the UK Hydrographic Office, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN ([email protected]) are notified within five days of completion of each instance of cable repair, replacement or protection replenishment activity.