# The Morgan Offshore Wind Project Generation Assets Order 2025, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) Except for Schedule 3 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 1: Wind Turbine Generators and Associated Infrastructure) and Schedule 4 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 2: Offshore Substation Platforms and Interconnector Cables), which are subject to the definitions in those Schedules, in this Order—
“1989 Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;
“2004 Act” means the Energy Act 2004;
“2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;
“2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;
“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;
“ancillary works” means the ancillary works described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (ancillary works) and any other works authorised by this Order that are not development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;
“authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development) and any other development authorised by this Order that is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;
“authorised project” means the authorised development and ancillary works;
“bank holiday” means a bank holiday in England and Wales under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;
“buoy” means any floating device used for navigational purposes or measurement purposes, including but not limited to wave buoys, LiDAR and guard buoys;
“cable” means up to 400kV cables for the transmission of electricity and includes fibre optic and other communications cables either within the cable or laid alongside;
“cable crossings” means the crossing of sub-sea cables, pipelines or other existing infrastructure by the cables (including inter-array cables) authorised by this Order together with cable protection;
“cable protection” means measures to protect cables from physical damage including but not limited to concrete mattresses, with or without frond devices, and/or rock placement, the use of bagged solutions filled with grout or other materials;
“commence” means the first carrying out of any licensed activities authorised by licence 1 or licence 2, save for pre-construction surveys, monitoring surveys, unexploded ordnance surveys and clearance of low order unexploded ordnance approved under licence 1 or licence 2, and “commencement” must be construed accordingly;
“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—
(a) by means of an electronic communications network; or
(b) by other means but while in electronic form;
“environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order;
“deemed marine licences” means the marine licences set out in Schedules 3 (Deemed Marine Licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 1: Wind Turbine Generators and Associated Infrastructure) and 4 (Deemed Marine Licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 2: Offshore Substation Platforms and Interconnector Cables);
“foundation” means any one or more of: a multi-leg pin-piled jacket foundation, multi-leg suction bucket jacket foundation, or gravity base foundation;
“gravity base foundation” means a structure principally of steel, concrete, or steel and concrete with a base which rests on the seabed either due to its own weight with or without added ballast or additional skirts and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;
“inter-array cables” means the cables linking the wind turbine generators to each other and to the offshore substation platforms;
“interconnector cables” means the cables linking the offshore substation platforms to each other;
“jacket foundation” means a steel jacket/lattice-type structure constructed principally of steel, fixed to the seabed with pin-piles or steel suction buckets and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;
“km” means kilometres;
“LAT” means lowest astronomical tide;
“licensed activities” means the activities specified in Part 1 of the deemed marine licences;
“licence 1” means the marine licence set out in Schedule 3 (Deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 1: Wind Turbine Generators and other Offshore Infrastructure);
“licence 2” means the marine licence set out in Schedule 4 (Deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – Licence 2: Offshore Substation Platforms and Interconnector Cables);
“LiDAR” means a light detection and ranging system used to measure weather and sea conditions;
“m” means metres and “m2” means metres squared;
“maintain” includes inspect, upkeep, repair, adjust or alter the authorised development, and remove, reconstruct or replace any part of the authorised development, to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and any derivative of “maintain” is to be construed accordingly;
“Marine Management Organisation” means the body created under the 2009 Act which is responsible for the regulation of licence 1 and licence 2 or any successor of that function and “MMO” must be construed accordingly;
“measures to minimise disturbance to marine mammals and rafting birds from transiting vessels” means the document certified as the measures to minimise disturbance to marine mammals and rafting birds from transiting vessels by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans etc.) for the purposes of this Order;
“offshore in principle monitoring plan” means the document certified as the offshore in principle monitoring plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of the Order;
“offshore substation platform” means a structure above LAT and attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, with one or more decks and open with modular equipment or fully clad, containing—
(a) electrical equipment required to switch, transform or convert electricity generated at the wind turbine generators to a higher voltage and provide reactive power compensation, including high voltage power transformers, high voltage switchgear and busbars, substation auxiliary systems and low voltage distribution, instrumentation, metering equipment and control systems, standby generators, shunt reactors, auxiliary and uninterruptible power supply systems;
(b) accommodation, storage, workshop auxiliary equipment and facilities for operating, maintaining and controlling the substation or wind turbine generators, including navigation, aviation and safety marketing and lighting, systems for vessel charging, access and retrieval, cranes, potable water supply, black water separation, stores, fuels and spares, communications systems and control hub facilities and other associated equipment and facilities;
“offshore surface structures” means offshore substation platforms and wind turbine generators;
“Order limits” means the limits shown on the order limits and grid coordinates plan within which the authorised development may be carried out;
“order limits and grid coordinates plan” means the document certified as the order limits and grid coordinates plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order;
“outline environmental management plan” plan means the document certified as the outline environmental management plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order;
“outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan” plan means the document certified as the outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order;
“outline marine mammal mitigation protocol” means the document certified as the outline marine mammal mitigation protocol” by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order;
“outline offshore written scheme of investigation for archaeology” means the document certified as the outline offshore written scheme of investigation for archaeology by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order;
“outline offshore operations and maintenance plan” means the document certified as the outline offshore operations and maintenance plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order;
“outline underwater sound management strategy” means the document certified as the outline underwater sound management strategy” by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of the Order;
“outline vessel traffic management plan” means the document certified as the outline vessel traffic management plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order;
“operation” means the undertaking of activities authorised by this Order which are not part of the construction, commissioning or decommissioning of the authorised development;
“pin-pile” means steel or concrete cylindrical piles driven and/or drilled into the seabed to secure jacket foundations;
“requirements” means those matters set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 (requirements) to this Order;
“scour protection” means measures to prevent loss of seabed sediment around any structure placed in or on the seabed including by the use of bagged solutions filled with grout or other materials, protective aprons, mattresses with or without frond devices, and rock and gravel placement;
“scheduled works” means the numbered works specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development) to this Order, or any part of them;
“suction bucket” means a tubular steel structure which partially or fully penetrates the seabed and associated equipment, including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;
“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
“undertaker” means Morgan Offshore Wind Limited (company registration number: 13497271) whose registered office address is Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, United Kingdom, TW16 7BP;
“vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water;
“wind turbine generator” means a structure comprising a tower, rotor with three blades connected at the hub, nacelle and ancillary electrical and other equipment which may include J-tube(s), transition piece, access and rest platforms, access ladders, boat access systems, corrosion protection systems, fenders and maintenance equipment, helicopter landing facilities and other associated equipment including communications equipment, fixed to a foundation or transition piece;
“the works plan” means the plan certified as the works plan by the Secretary of State under article 11 (certification of plans, etc.) of this Order.
(2) All distances, directions, areas and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised development are taken to be measured along that work.
(3) References in this Order to points identified by letters or numbers are to be construed as references to points so lettered or numbered on the relevant plans.
(4) References in this Order to numbered works are references to the works as numbered in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1012/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/morgan-offshore-wind-project-generation-assets-order-2025/article-2
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