# The Heckington Fen Solar Park Order 2025, Paragraph 109: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

In this Part of this Schedule—
“1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;
“apparatus” means any electric lines, cables or electrical plant as defined in the Electricity Act 1989 and including convertor stations and sub-stations, belonging to or maintained by Viking Link together with any replacement apparatus and such other apparatus constructed pursuant to the Order that becomes operational apparatus of Viking Link for the purposes of the conveyance of electricity between Great Britain and Denmark and includes any structure in which apparatus is or will be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus;
“authorised works” has the same meaning as is given to the term “authorised development” in article 2(1) of this Order and includes any associated development authorised by the Order and for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule includes the use and maintenance of the authorised works and construction of any works authorised by this Schedule;
“commence” and “commencement” in this Part of this Schedule shall include any below ground surveys, monitoring, ground work operations or the receipt and erection of construction plant and equipment;
“CUSC” means the Connection and User of Systems Code, being the contractual framework for connecting to and using the National Electricity Transmission System administered by the National Grid ESO;
“CUSC Claims” means any claim made under the CUSC against Viking Link arising out of or in connection with the de-energisation (whereby no electricity can flow to or from the relevant system through the generator or interconnector’s equipment) of a generator or interconnector party or solely as a result of the de-energisation of plant and apparatus forming part of Viking Link’s interconnector system which arises as a result of the authorised works;
“deed of consent” means a deed of consent, crossing agreement, deed of variation or new deed of grant agreed between the parties acting reasonably in order to vary or replace existing easements, agreements, enactments and other such interests so as to secure land rights and interests as are necessary to carry out, maintain, operate and use the apparatus in a manner consistent with the terms of this Part of this Schedule;
“functions” includes powers and duties;
“ground mitigation scheme” means a scheme approved by Viking Link (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) setting out the necessary measures (if any) for a ground subsidence event;
“ground monitoring scheme” means a scheme for monitoring ground subsidence which sets out the apparatus which is to be subject to such monitoring, the extent of land to be monitored, the manner in which ground levels are to be monitored, the timescales of any monitoring activities and the extent of ground subsidence which, if exceeded, shall require the undertaker to submit for Viking Link’s approval a ground mitigation scheme;
“ground subsidence event” means any ground subsidence identified by the monitoring activities set out in the ground monitoring scheme that has exceeded the level described in the ground monitoring scheme as requiring a ground mitigation scheme;
“in” in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over, across, along or upon such land;
“Interconnector Owner” means Viking Link or such other entity which holds the licence to operate the apparatus from time to time;
“maintain” and “maintenance” shall include the ability and right to do any of the following in relation to any apparatus of Viking Link: construct, use, repair, inspect, renew or remove the apparatus;
“Viking Link” means National Grid Viking Link Limited (Company Number 09075537) whose registered office is at 1-3 Strand, London, UK WC2N 5EH or any successor as a licence holder within the meaning of Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989;
“plan” or “plans” include all designs, drawings, specifications, method statements, soil reports, programmes, calculations, risk assessments and other documents that are reasonably necessary properly and sufficiently to describe and assess the works to be executed;
“specified works” means any of the authorised works or activities undertaken in association with the authorised works which—
(a) will or may be situated over, or within 15 metres measured in any direction of any apparatus; and/or
(b) may in any way adversely affect any apparatus;
“undertaker” means the undertaker as defined in article 2(1) of this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/85/schedule/13/paragraph/109 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/heckington-fen-solar-park-order-2025/schedule-13/paragraph-109
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