Paragraph 2 InterpretationI1

In this Part of this Schedule—

• “authorised development” has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 of this Order and shall include any part of the said works including any preparatory works;

• “cable” means the power and telecommunications cables connecting CPC to the DP3 wells shown terracotta pink and annotated CPC to DP3 on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan;

• “CPC” means the hydrocarbon production and processing facilities complex known generally as such or the Central Processing Complex located in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf Block 110/2a, 110/3a and 110/8a;

• “legacy wells” means the legacy wells known as DP3 (C1-5), 110/3-3, 110/8-2, 110/8A-7, 110/8-2 Relief and 110/8a-C5 Relief, the coordinates for which are—

  Wells	Latitude	Longitude
  DP3 (C1-5)	53°49’0.6155”N	3°33’36.1013”W
  110/3-3	53°50’15.4200”N	3°34’50.9700”W
  110/8-2	53°49’40.9985”N	3°33’22.7997”W
  110/8A-7	53°46’4.3984”N	3°34’24.5556”W
  110/8-2 Relief	53°49’57.1774”N	3°33’23.0190”W
  110/8a-C5 Relief	53°49’40.4140”N	3°34’2.7666”W

  licence” means Carbon Capture Appraisal and Storage licence CS010 (as any or all of the same may be assigned, amended or replaced from time to time);

• “licensee” means the holder from time to time of the licence, which at the date stated in article 1 (citation and commencement) of this Order is Spirit Energy Production UK Limited;

• “MNZ Protective Provisions Plan” means the plan dated 3 November 2025 with reference FLO-MOR-GIS-MAP039a-V3-Protective Provisions-Rev001 and certified as the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan by the Secretary of State under article 12 (certification of documents and plans, etc.) of this Order;

• “offshore substation platform” or “OSP” means Work No. 2(a) as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order but excluding transition pieces;

• “pipeline” means—

• (a) the decommissioned 24” gas DP3 to CPC pipeline with pipeline reference number PL195; and

• (b) the decommissioned 2” CPC to DP3 pipeline with pipeline reference number PL205;

  shown purple and annotated as PL195 & PL205 on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan, together with any associated umbilicals, plant and equipment serving those pipelines;

• “pipeline and cable proximity area” means the area five hundred meters (500m) either side and directly above the pipeline and cable measured from the centre line of the pipeline and cable, which is partially shown (insofar as the pipeline and cable are located within F1the Order limits) edged pink and annotated as the pipeline and cable proximity area on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan;

• “proposed CCS injection platform” means the licensee’s proposed injection platform, to be located in the position marked “SM W 2” shown with a red circle edged black and annotated as SM W 2 on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan;

• “temporary surface infrastructure” means any fixed temporary infrastructure to be used in the construction, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning of the authorised development including, but not limited to, jack-up barges and buoys, but does not include—

  1. (a)

     temporary surface infrastructure in transit;

  2. (b)

     vessels undertaking geotechnical, geophysical or other surveys, or vessels undertaking sea bed preparation works (insofar as outside the WTG and OSP aviation CCS enduring buffer zone, WTG and OSP marine CCS buffer zone, well buffer zone and pipeline and cable proximity area); or

  3. (c)

     temporary surface infrastructure used for the construction of WTGs, offshore platforms, transition pieces or inter-array cables where the erection of such WTGs, offshore platforms, transition pieces or inter-array cables is permitted at that time and in that place by paragraph 3.

• “transition piece” means the connecting piece of infrastructure which connects a foundation to a tower, any wind turbine generator foundation or any offshore substation platform foundation (none of which shall protrude from the water above a maximum of 30 m above mean sea level);

• “well buffer zone” means—

  1. (a)

     in respect of each legacy well DP3 (C1-5) 110/8-2 and 110-8a-C5 Relief a five hundred metre (500m) radius buffer shown by pale blue shading edged grey and annotated as well buffer zone on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan; and

  2. (b)

     in respect of legacy well 110/8A-7 a five hundred metre (500m) radius buffer of clear seabed space shown by pale blue shading edged grey and annotated as well buffer zone on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan but with exception that wind turbine generator blades would be permitted to over sail up to the limit of a four hundred metre (400m) radius buffer shown hatched light purple and edged purple and annotated as the well over sail buffer zone on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan;

• “well cable buffer zone” means a five hundred metre (500m) radius buffer zone around the legacy wells shown hatched dark green and annotated as the well cable buffer zones on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan;

• “wind turbine generator” or “WTG” means Work No. 1(a) as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order but excluding transition pieces;

• “WTG and OSP aviation CCS enduring buffer zone” means an area of one point nine nautical miles (1.9 nm) of unobstructed airspace measured from the proposed CCS injection platform in all directions and extending vertically from mean sea level shown edged blue and annotated as the WTG and OSP aviation CCS enduring buffer zone on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan;

• “WTG and OSP marine CCS buffer zone” means an area of one point five nautical miles (1.5 nm) of unobstructed sea space measured from the proposed CCS injection platform in all directions and shown edged in light green and annotated as the WTG and OSP marine CCS buffer zone on the MNZ Protective Provisions Plan.