# The Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026, Paragraph 1 (1) In this licence— “the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008; “the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009; “the 2017 Regulations” means the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017; “authorised deposits” means the substances and articles specified in paragraph 4 of Part 1 of this licence; “authorised scheme” means Work Nos. 8 and 9 described in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of this licence or any part of that work; “buoy” means any floating device used for navigational purposes or measurement purposes, including LiDAR buoys, wave buoys and guard buoys; “commence” means the first carrying out of any licensed marine activities authorised by this licence, save for operations consisting of offshore preparation works and the words “commencement” and “commenced” must be construed accordingly; “condition” means a condition in Part 2 of this licence; “enforcement officer” means a person authorised to carry out enforcement duties under Chapter 3 of Part 4 (marine licensing) of the 2009 Act; “Environment Agency” means the non-departmental public body of that name created by section 1 of the Environment Act 1995; “environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 40 (certification of plans etc.); “gravity base structure” means a structure principally of steel, concrete, or steel and concrete 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; “in principle Southern North Sea SAC Site Integrity Plan” means the document certified as the in principle Southern North Sea SAC Site Integrity Plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 40 (certification of plans etc.); “JNCC Guidance” means the statutory nature conservation body ‘Guidance for assessing the significance of noise disturbance against Conservation Objectives of harbour porpoise SACs’ Joint Nature Conservation Committee Report No. 654, May 2020 published in June 2020 as amended, updated or superseded from time to time; “LAT” means lowest astronomical tide; “licence 1 (generation)” means the licence set out in Schedule 10 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – offshore transmission assets); “licence 2 (transmission)” means the licence set out in Schedule 11 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – offshore transmission assets); “licence 3” means the licence set out in Schedule 12 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – northern artificial nesting structure 1) “licence 5” means the licence set out in Schedule 14 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – southern artificial nesting structure 1) “licence 6” means the licence set out in Schedule 15 (deemed marine licence under the 2009 Act – southern artificial nesting structure 2) “licensed activities” means the activities specified in Part 1 of this licence; “maintain” includes inspect, upkeep, repair, adjust, and alter and further includes remove, reconstruct and replace (including replenishment of cable protection), but does not include the removal, reconstruction or replacement of foundations associated with the offshore works, to the extent assessed in the environmental statement; and “maintenance” and any derivative of maintain must be construed accordingly; “Marine Management Organisation” or “MMO” means the body created under the 2009 Act which is responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of this licence; “MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; “mean high water springs” or “MHWS” means the highest level which spring tides reach on average over a period of time; “offshore artificial nesting structure” means a structure attached to the seabed by means of a foundation, providing nesting facilities for birds; “offshore Order limits” means the limits shown on the works plans within which the authorised scheme may be carried out; “offshore preparation works” means surveys and monitoring seaward of MHWS undertaken prior to the commencement of construction to prepare for construction; “offshore works” means Work Nos. 1 to 11 and any related associated development in connection with those works and ancillary works described in Schedule 1 part 1 and Schedule 1 part 2 of the Order respectively; “the Order” means the Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026; “outline marine archaeological written scheme of investigation” means the document certified as the outline marine archaeological written scheme of investigation by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 40; “outline offshore operations and maintenance plan” means the document certified as the outline offshore operations and maintenance plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 40; “outline marine mammal mitigation protocol (piling)” means the document certified as the outline marine mammal mitigation protocol (piling) by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order under article 40; “pin piles” means steel cylindrical piles driven and/or drilled into the seabed to secure steel jacket foundations; “pin pile jacket foundation” means a jacket/lattice-type structure constructed of steel which is fixed to the seabed at three or more points with steel pin piles and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment; “SAC” means special area of conservation; “statutory nature conservation body” means the appropriate nature conservation body as defined in regulation 5 of the 2017 Regulations; “suction bucket” means large diameter steel cylindrical shells which penetrate the seabed assisted by a hydrostatic pressure differential for securing steel jacket foundations; “suction bucket jacket foundation” means a jacket/lattice-type structure constructed of steel which is fixed to the seabed at three or more points with steel suction buckets and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s) and equipment; “Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond; “undertaker” means GT R4 Limited (company number 13281221); “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; “UK Hydrographic Office” means the UK Hydrographic Office of Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN; and “works plans” means the plans certified as the works plans onshore and works plans offshore by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order under article 40 (certification of plans etc.). (2) reference to any statute, order, regulation or similar instrument is construed as a reference to a statute, order, regulation or instrument as amended by any subsequent statute, order, regulation or instrument or as contained in any subsequent re-enactment. (3) Unless otherwise indicated— (a) all times are taken to be Greenwich Mean Time (GMT); and (b) all coordinates are taken to be latitude and longitude degrees and minutes to two decimal places. (4) Except where otherwise notified in writing by the relevant organisation, the primary point of contact with the organisations listed below and the address for returns and correspondence are— (a) Marine Management Organisation Marine Licensing Team Tyneside House Skinnerburn Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7AR Tel: 0300 123 1032; (b) Marine Management Organisation (local office) CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) Building Pakefield Road Lowestoft NR33 0HT Tel: 0208 026 6094; (c) Trinity House Tower Hill London EC3N 4DH Tel: 020 7481 6900; (d) The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Admiralty Way Taunton Somerset TA1 2DN Tel: 01823 337 900; (e) Maritime and Coastguard Agency UK Technical Services Navigation Spring Place 105 Commercial Road Southampton SO15 1EG Tel: 020 3817 2426/2433 Email: navigationsafety@mcga.gov.uk; (f) Natural England 4th Floor, Foss House 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX Tel: 0300 060 3900; (g) Historic England The Foundry 82 Granville Street Birmingham B1 2LH Tel: 0121 625 6888. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/138/schedule/13/paragraph/1 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-13/paragraph-1 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.