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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/138",
  "legislation_title": "The Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n“affected undertaker” means—\n(a) any licence holder within the meaning of Part 1 (electricity supply) of the 1989 Act (an “electricity undertaker”);\n(b) a gas transporter within the meaning of Part 1 (gas supply) of the Gas Act 1986 (a “gas undertaker”);\n(c) a water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991 (a “water undertaker”);\n(d) a sewerage undertaker within the meaning of Part 1 (preliminary) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (a “sewerage undertaker”),\nfor the area of the authorised development but, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include the undertakers specified in Parts 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 9, 13, 14 or 15 of this Schedule, and in relation to any apparatus, means the undertaker to whom it belongs or by whom it is maintained;\n“alternative apparatus” means alternative apparatus adequate to enable the affected undertaker in question to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner no less efficient than previously;\n“apparatus” means—\n(a) in the case of an electricity undertaker, electric lines or electrical plant (as defined in the 1989 Act), belonging to or maintained by that electricity undertaker;\n(b) in the case of a gas undertaker, any mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by that gas transporter for the purposes of gas supply;\n(c) in the case of a water undertaker—\n(i) mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by that water undertaker for the purposes of water supply;\n(ii) any water mains or service pipes (or part of a water main or service pipe) that is the subject of an agreement to adopt made under section 51A (agreements to adopt water main or service pipe at future date) of the Water Industry Act 1991 at the time of the works mentioned in this Part;\n(d) in the case of a sewerage undertaker—\n(i) any drain or works vested in the sewerage undertaker in accordance with the Water Industry Act 1991;\n(ii) any sewer which is so vested or is the subject of a notice of intention to adopt given under section 102(4) (adoption of sewers and disposal works) of the Water Industry Act 1991 or an agreement to adopt made under section 104 (agreements to adopt sewer, drain or sewerage disposal works, at future date) of the Water Industry Act 1991,\nand includes a sludge main, disposal main (within the meaning of section 219 (general interpretation) of the Water Industry Act 1991) or sewer outfall and any manholes, ventilating shafts, pumps or other accessories forming part of any such sewer, drain or works,\nand includes any structure in which apparatus is or is to be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus;\n“functions” includes powers and duties; and\n“in” in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over or upon land.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 51A was amended by the Water Act 2014 (c. 21) and the Water Act 2003 (c. 37)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 102(4) was amended by paragraph 90 of Schedule 7 to the Water Act 2015 (c. 21)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 104 was amended by the Water Act 2014 (c. 21), the Flood and Water Management Act 2012 (c. 29), and the Water Act 2003 (c. 37)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/138/schedule/18/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:07.056087+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}