# The Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026, Paragraph 13: Maintenance of the authorised scheme


(1) The undertaker may at any time maintain the authorised scheme, except to the extent that this licence or an agreement made under this licence provides otherwise.
(2) No maintenance works whose likely effects are not assessed in the environmental statement may be carried out, unless otherwise approved by the MMO.
(3) Maintenance works include but are not limited to—
(a) major offshore electrical installation component or offshore accommodation platform replacement;
(b) painting and applying other coatings to offshore electrical installations or offshore accommodation platform;
(c) bird waste and marine growth removal;
(d) cable remedial burial;
(e) cable repairs and replacement;
(f) cable protection replenishment;
(g) access ladder and boat landing replacement;
(h) replacement of offshore electrical installation and accommodation platform anodes; and
(i) J-tube repair/replacement.
(4) Where the MMO’s approval is required under sub-paragraph (2), approval may be given only where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the MMO that the approval sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/138/schedule/11/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-11/paragraph-13
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