{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hornsea-two-offshore-wind-farm-order-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hornsea-two-offshore-wind-farm-order-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/844",
  "legislation_title": "The Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hornsea-two-offshore-wind-farm-order-2016",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Offshore decommissioning",
  "text": "(1) No decommissioning activities may commence until a plan for the carrying out of the activities has been submitted to and approved in writing by the MMO and, where the plan relates to the decommissioning of Work No. 4A or 5A, the MMO must consult the Environment Agency before giving its approval.\n(2) The plan must be submitted for approval at least 4 months before the intended start of the decommissioning activities, except where otherwise stated or unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO.\n(3) The plan must be implemented as approved.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 16 in force at 7.9.2016, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/844/schedule/9/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:47.565046+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}