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Paragraph 134 Interpretation

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In this Part of this Schedule—

  • “array area” means the area delineated red hatching and annotated and shown as the array area on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “assets” means the Excalibur Assets, the Galahad Assets, the Lancelot Assets, the Malory Assets, the Pickerill Assets and the Waveney Assets;

  • “aviation corridor” means the 1400 metre wide corridor of clear airspace (measured tip to tip from one wind turbine generator to another) as shown delineated in grey and annotated and shown as the ‘aviation corridor’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “block” means a block of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf designated as such on the map deposited at the principal office of the North Sea Transition Authority;

  • “co-existence and proximity agreement” means an agreement entered on reasonable terms between the undertaker and the owner in respect of the undertaker’s works and owner’s works to reconcile and protect the interests of the parties as are known at the time to secure the implementation of the undertaker’s works and the owner’s works;

  • “Excalibur Assets” means the facilities and infrastructure owned, operated, leased or otherwise contracted to the owner for the purposes of the Excalibur Licence or, following relinquishment of the Excalibur Licence, the facilities and infrastructure subject to a decommissioning programme related to the Excalibur Licence approved by OPRED, including the Excalibur platform annotated as the ‘Excalibur Platform’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Excalibur Licence” means United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P461 in respect of block 48/12c and United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P025 in respect of block 48/17a and 48/17b in relation to the Excalibur Assets;

  • “Excalibur to Lancelot communications line” means the communication line between the Excalibur Assets and the Lancelot Assets as shown coloured pink and annotated and shown as the ‘Excalibur to Lancelot communications line’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Galahad Assets” means the facilities and infrastructure owned, operated, leased or otherwise contracted to the owner for the purposes of the Galahad Licence or, following relinquishment of the Galahad Licence, the facilities and infrastructure subject to a decommissioning programme related to the Galahad Licence approved by OPRED, including the Galahad platform annotated as the ‘Galahad Platform’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Galahad Decommissioning Programme” means the decommissioning programme as approved by OPRED and as amended from time to time for the decommissioning of the Galahad Assets;

  • “Galahad Licence” means the now surrendered United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P142 in respect of blocks 48/12a (ALL) and 48/13b (Excluded Area Includes Galahad) in relation to the Galahad Assets;

  • “Galahad marine corridor” means a 1000 metre wide corridor (being 500 metres either side of the 12 inch diameter Galahad pipeline PL1166 (measured from the centre line of the pipeline)) as shown delineated in black and coloured red and annotated and shown as the ‘Galahad marine corridor’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Galahad Works” means the decommissioning of the Galahad Assets in accordance with the Galahad Decommissioning Programme, but excluding any post-decommissioning monitoring and evaluation;

  • “Galahad WTG exclusion zone” means an area of 1200 metre radius measured from the centre of the Galahad Assets production helideck and shown delineated in grey and coloured blue and annotated and shown as the ‘Galahad WTG exclusion zone’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Lancelot Assets” means the facilities and infrastructure owned, operated, leased or otherwise contracted to the owner for the purposes of the Lancelot Licence or, following relinquishment of the Lancelot Licence, the facilities and infrastructure subject to a decommissioning programme related to the Lancelot Licence approved by OPRED, including the Lancelot platform annotated as the ‘Lancelot Platform’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Lancelot Licence” means United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P25 in respect of blocks 48/17a (HDLA) and 48/18a (HDLA) and United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P463 in respect of block 48/17b (LANCE) in relation to the Lancelot Assets;

  • “Lancelot to Waveney communications line” means the communication line between the Lancelot Assets and the Waveney Assets as shown coloured light blue and annotated and shown as the ‘Lancelot to Waveney communications line’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “licences” means the Excalibur Licence, the Galahad Licence, the Lancelot Licence, the Malory Licence, the Pickerill Licence and the Waveney Licence;

  • “licensee” means the licensee from time to time of the relevant licences;

  • “Malory Assets” means the facilities and infrastructure owned, operated, leased or otherwise contracted to the owner for the purposes of the Malory Licence or, following relinquishment of the Malory Licence, the facilities and infrastructure subject to a decommissioning programme related to the Malory Licence approved by OPRED, including the Malory platform annotated as the ‘Malory Platform’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Malory Licence” means United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P461 in respect of blocks 48/12f (REST) and 48/12c (REST) and United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P844 in respect of block 48/12d (F) in relation to the Malory Assets;

  • “Malory marine corridor” means a 1000 metre wide corridor as shown cross-hatched blue and annotated and shown as the ‘Malory marine corridor’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Malory to Excalibur communications corridor” means two overlapping cylindrical shaped corridors, each with a 142 metre radius cross section, centred on outermost corners of the platform forming part of the Malory Assets, and following the communication line between the Malory Assets and the Excalibur Assets (said communication line as shown coloured orange and annotated and shown as the ‘Malory to Excalibur communications line’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan) in the axial direction to the outermost corners of the platform forming part of the Excalibur Assets as shown shaded grey on the inset plan annotated as ‘the Malory to Excalibur communications corridor inset plan’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan, insofar as said communications corridor is within the array area;

  • “Malory Works” means the operation of the Malory Assets in accordance with the Malory Licence and the decommissioning of the Malory Assets in accordance with a decommissioning programme to be approved by OPRED and as amended from time to time, but excluding any post-decommissioning monitoring and evaluation;

  • “Malory WTG exclusion zone” means an area of 2500 metre radius measured from the centre of the Malory Assets production helideck and shown delineated grey and coloured green and annotated and shown as the ‘Malory WTG exclusion zone’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “ministerial statement” means the written statement given by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to the UK Parliament regarding Crown Estate Leases for Offshore Renewables Projects on 12 July 2011, or any similar supplementary or replacement policy;

  • “owner” means the licensee until such time as the relevant licences are relinquished following cessation of production at the relevant assets, and thereafter the party responsible for decommissioning the relevant facilities and infrastructure in accordance with a decommissioning programme approved by OPRED until such time as the OPRED notice is issued;

  • “owner’s works” means the Galahad Works, the Malory Works and the Pickerill Works;

  • “OPRED” means the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning;

  • “OPRED notice” means a letter or notice from OPRED confirming the acceptance of the close-out report submitted by or on behalf of the relevant owner indicating that OPRED is satisfied that the permanent decommissioning of the Galahad Assets, the Malory Assets or the Pickerill Assets has been completed;

  • “Perenco protective provisions plan” means the plan entitled the Perenco protective provisions plan and certified as the Perenco protective provisions plan for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule;

  • “Pickerill Assets” means the facilities and infrastructure owned, operated, leased or otherwise contracted to the owner for the purposes of the Pickerill Licence or the facilities and infrastructure subject to the Pickerill Decommissioning Programme, including the Pickerill A platform annotated as the ‘Pickerill A Platform’ and the Pickerill B platform annotated as the ‘Pickerill B Platform’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Pickerill Decommissioning Programme” means the decommissioning programme as approved by OPRED and as amended from time to time for the decommissioning of the facilities and infrastructure related to the Pickerill Licence;

  • “Pickerill Licence” means the United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P37, Licence P460, Licence P461 and Licence P463 in respect of block 48/11A, block 48/11B, block 48/12c and block 48/17f in respect of the Pickerill Assets;

  • “Pickerill marine corridor” means a 1000 metre wide corridor (being 500 metres either side of the 16 inch diameter Pickerill pipeline PL816 and the 24 inch diameter Pickerill pipeline PL818 (measured from the centre line of each pipeline)), as shown cross-hatched black and annotated and shown as the ‘Pickerill marine corridor’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Pickerill Works” means the decommissioning of the Pickerill Assets in accordance with the Pickerill Decommissioning Programme, but excluding any post-decommissioning monitoring and evaluation;

  • “relevant activities” means all development activity relating to the carrying on of the undertaker’s works and owner’s works within, or adjacent to the aviation corridor, the communications corridor, the marine corridor or a WTG exclusion zone, including (but not limited to) the preparation of development proposals, the submission of applications for statutory consents associated with those proposals and consultation in respect thereof, the acquisition of or application for new licence oil or gas blocks;

  • “relevant marine corridor” means—

    1. (a)

      the Galahad marine corridor in respect of Galahad Assets;

    2. (b)

      the Malory marine corridor in respect of the Malory Assets; and

    3. (c)

      the Pickerill marine corridor in respect of the Pickerill Assets;

  • “undertaker’s works” means the offshore works permitted by this Order;

  • “Waveney Assets” means the facilities and infrastructure owned, operated, leased or otherwise contracted to the owner for the purposes of the Waveney Licence or, following relinquishment of the Waveney Licence, the facilities and infrastructure subject to a decommissioning programme related to the Waveney Licence approved by OPRED, including the Waveney platform annotated as the ‘Waveney Platform’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

  • “Waveney Licence” means United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P780 in respect of block 48/17c (ALL) in respect of the Waveney Assets;

  • “West Sole A to Excalibur communications corridor” means two overlapping cylindrical shaped corridors, each with—

    1. (a)

      a 25 metre radius cross section, centred on the outermost corners of the West Sole A platform (located in the area annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole A Platform’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan) and following the communication line between the West Sole A platform and the Excalibur Assets in (said communication line as shown coloured dark blue and annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole A to Excalibur communications line’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan) in the axial direction from the point 7 kilometres from the outermost corners of the platform forming part of the West Sole A platform to the point 7 kilometres from the outermost corners of the platform forming part of the Excalibur Assets, as shown shaded blue on the inset plan annotated as ‘the West Sole A to Excalibur communications corridor inset plan’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan; and

    2. (b)

      a 85 metre radius cross section, centred on the outermost corners of the platform forming part of the Excalibur Assets, and following the communication line between the Excalibur Assets and the West Sole A platform (said communication line as shown coloured dark blue and annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole A to Excalibur communications line’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan) in the axial direction for 7 kilometres from the outermost corners of the platform forming part of the Excalibur Assets, as shown shaded grey on the inset plan annotated as ‘the West Sole A to Excalibur communications corridor inset plan’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

    insofar as said communications corridor is within the array area;

  • “West Sole A to Lancelot communications corridor” means two overlapping cylindrical shaped corridors, with a 19.5 metre radius cross section, centred on the outermost corners of the West Sole A platform (located in the area annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole A Platform on the Perenco protective provisions plan) and following the communications line between the West Sole A platform and the Lancelot Assets (said communication line as shown coloured green and annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole A to Lancelot communications line’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan) in the axial direction to the outermost corners of the platform forming part of the Lancelot Assets as shown shaded blue on the inset plan annotated as ‘the West Sole A to Lancelot communications corridor inset plan’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan, insofar as said communications corridor is within the array area;

  • “West Sole A to Malory communications corridor” means two overlapping cylindrical shaped corridors, with a 180 metre radius cross section, centred on the outermost corners of the West Sole A platform (located in the area annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole A Platform on the Perenco protective provisions plan) and following the communication line between the West Sole A platform and the Malory Assets (said communication line as shown coloured yellow and annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole A to Malory communications line’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan) in the axial direction to the outermost corners of the platform forming part of the Malory Assets, as shown shaded grey on the inset plan annotated as ‘the West Sole A to Malory communications corridor inset plan’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan, insofar as said communications corridor is within the array area;

  • “West Sole C to Malory communications corridor” means tow overlapping cylindrical shaped corridors, each with—

    1. (a)

      with a 17 metre radius cross section, centred on the outermost corners of the West Sole C platform (located in the area annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole C Platform on the Perenco protective provisions plan) and following the communication line between the West Sole C platform and the Malory Assets (said communication line as shown coloured purple and annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole C to Malory communications line’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan) in the axial direction from the point 7 kilometres from the outermost corners of the West Sole C platform to the point 7 kilometres from the outermost corners of the platform forming part of the Malory Assets, as shown shaded blue on the inset plan annotated as ‘the West Sole C to Malory communications corridor inset plan’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan; and

    2. (b)

      a 60 metre radius cross section, centred on the outermost corners of the platform forming part of the Malory Assets and following the communication line between the Malory Assets and the West Sole C platform (said communication line as shown coloured purple and annotated and shown as the ‘West Sole C to Malory communications line’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan)_in the axial direction for 7 kilometres from the outermost corners of the Malory platform as shown shaded grey on the inset plan annotated as ‘the West Sole C to Malory communications corridor inset plan’ on the Perenco protective provisions plan;

    insofar as said communications corridor is within the array area.