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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/morlais-demonstration-zone-order-2021/schedule-1/part-1",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2021/1478",
  "legislation_title": "The Morlais Demonstration Zone Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/morlais-demonstration-zone-order-2021",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Authorised Works",
  "text": "Work No. 1\nAn offshore tidal generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of up to 240 megawatts within the array area comprising;\n(1) up to 620 tidal devices at any one time comprising\n(a) seabed mounted sub-surface tidal devices and being fixed to the seabed by:\n(i) gravity base; or\n(ii) monopile type foundations; or\n(iii) multi-pile type foundations;\n(b) mid-water column tidal devices and being secured to the seabed by either:\n(i) gravity base;\n(ii) monopile type foundation;\n(iii) multi-pile type foundation; or\n(iv) anchors to a gravity base, monopile type foundation or multi-pile type foundation;\n(c) floating or surface emergent tidal devices and being secured to the seabed by either:\n(i) gravity base;\n(ii) monopile type foundation;\n(iii) multi-pile type foundation; or\n(iv) anchors to a gravity base, monopile type foundation or multi-pile type foundation;\n(2) a network of cables for the transmission of electricity and electronic communications laid on or beneath the seabed including cable crossings between—\n(a) any of the tidal devices comprising Work No. 1(1);\n(b) any of the tidal devices comprising Work No. 1(1) and operational hubs comprising Work No. 1(3) and any of the works comprising Work No. 2; or\n(c) any hub comprising Work No. 1(3) to a cable comprising Work No. 2;\n(3) up to 120 offshore operational hubs comprising;\n(a) up to 120 seabed mounted, fully submerged, hubs being fixed to the seabed by gravity base, monopile or multi-pile type foundation; or\n(b) up to 93 floating surface emergent hubs being anchored to the seabed by gravity base, monopile type foundation or multi-pile type foundation; or\n(c) up to 8 seabed mounted surface emergent offshore operational hubs being fixed to the seabed by gravity base, monopile type foundation or multi-pile type foundation;\n(4) up to 60 navigational and marker buoys;\n(5) up to 40 acoustic doppler current profilers;\n(6) up to 8 seabed mounted environmental monitoring units;\n(7) up to 5 sea level environmental monitoring buoys; and\n(8) cable crossings and connectors to connect Work No. 1(2) with Work No. 2.\nWork No. 2\nUp to 9 export cables each comprising cables for the transmission of electricity and communication laid within the export cable corridor on or beneath the seabed between Work No. 1 and Work No. 3 including cable protection, cable crossings and connectors.\nWork No. 3\nUp to 9 export cables each comprising cables for the transmission of electricity and communication within the intertidal area either laid underground, over the surface of foreshore or within up to 9 open cut trenches with cable protection and connecting Work No. 2 and Work No. 4.\nWork No. 4\nUp to 9 export cables each comprising cable for the transmission of electricity and communication laid either underground, over the surface of foreshore cliff face and cliff top or within up to 9 open cut trenches with cable protection between Work No. 3 and the transition joint bays forming Work No. 5.\nWork No. 5\nWorks comprising up to 9 transition joint bays connecting Work No. 4 with Work No. 6.\nWork No. 6\nUp to 9 export cables each comprising one or more conducting media for the transmission of electricity and communication laid underground connecting Work No. 5 to the electrical substation referred to in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of this Schedule 1.\nWork No. 7\nUp to 6 export cables for the transmission of electricity and up to 2 communication cables laid underground and transition joint bays and connecting the electrical substation to the switchgear infrastructure each referred to in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of this Schedule 1.\nWork No. 8\nUp to 6 export cables for the transmission of electricity each comprising one or more conducting media and up to 2 communication cables laid underground including transition joint bays from the switchgear infrastructure referred to in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of this Schedule 1 to Work No. 9.\nWork No. 9\nUp to 6 export cables for the transmission of electricity each comprising one or more conducting media and up to 2 communication cables installed by way of horizontal directional drills under both the A55 and the North Wales Coast Line railway line connecting Work No. 8 to the grid connection works referred to in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of this Schedule 1.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1478/schedule/1/part/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:47.765115+00:00"
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  "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."
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