# The North Falls Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026, Paragraph 41


In this Part 4 of Schedule 15—
“AEoI” means the adverse effects on the integrity of the OTE SPA, being the area of 54.5 km2 of the OTE SPA where disturbance and displacement effects relate to the authorised development alone and the area of 33.91 km2 where the authorised development is the closest offshore wind project to the OTE SPA, as determined by the Secretary of State;
“compensation measure” means the breeding enhancement measure to compensate for the AEoI;
“Marine Recovery Fund” means the fund operated by the MRFO pursuant to the Marine Recovery Funds Regulations 2025, the Energy Act 2023 or any subordinate legislation made thereto for the implementation of strategic compensation, or any equivalent fund established by a Government body for that purpose;
“Marine Recovery Fund payment” means a contribution to the Marine Recovery Fund to compensate for the AEoI (or a specified portion thereof if the payment is made as partial compensation) as a result of the authorised development, the sum of such payment to be agreed with the MRFO;
“the MRFO” means the Marine Recovery Fund Operator, which is Defra or any other designated operator under the Marine Recovery Fund Regulations 2025;
“OTE SPA” means the site designated as the Outer Thames Estuary Special Protection Area;
“relevant planning authority” means the district local planning authority for the area in which the relevant compensatory measure is to be located;
“RTD” means red-throated diver (Gavia stellata);
“RTD CIMP” means the RTD compensation implementation and monitoring plan for the delivery of measures to compensate for the effects of predicted disturbance and displacement of RTD from the OTE SPA as a result of the authorised development, to be developed in accordance with the outline RTD CIMP; and
“RTDCSG” means the RTD Compensation Steering Group.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/567/schedule/15/paragraph/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/north-falls-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-15/paragraph-41
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