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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-65",
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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/65",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "65",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n“1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;\n“acceptable credit provider” means a bank or financial institution with a credit rating that is not lower than: (i) “A-” if the rating is assigned by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Fitch Ratings; and “A3” if the rating is assigned by Moody’s Investors Services Inc.;\n“acceptable insurance” means general third party liability insurance effected and maintained by the undertaker with a combined property damage and bodily injury limit of indemnity of not less than a sum to be notified to the undertaker by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc and agreed in writing between the parties. Evidence of that insurance must be provided to National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc on request. Such insurance must be maintained (a) during the construction period of the authorised works; and (b) after the construction period of the authorised works in respect of any use and maintenance of the authorised development by or on behalf of the undertaker which constitute specified works and arranged with an insurer whose security/credit rating meets the same requirements as an “acceptable credit provider”, such insurance must include (without limitation)—\n(a) a waiver of subrogation and an indemnity to principal clause in favour of National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc;\n(b) pollution liability for third party property damage and third party bodily damage arising from any pollution/contamination event with a (sub)limit of indemnity of not less than a sum to be notified to the undertaker by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc and agreed in writing between the parties;\n“acceptable security” means either:\n(a) a parent company guarantee or guarantees from any parent company or companies of the undertaker in favour of National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc to cover the undertaker’s liability to National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc to a total liability cap ) in an amount to be notified to the undertaker by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc and agreed in writing between the parties (in a form reasonably satisfactory to National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc and where the relevant parent company is incorporated in a jurisdiction outside of the United Kingdom, accompanied with a legal opinion confirming the due capacity and authorisation of such parent company to enter into and be bound by the terms of such guarantee); or\n(b) a bank bond or letter of credit from an acceptable credit provider in favour of National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc to cover the undertaker’s liability to National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc for an amount to be notified to the undertaker by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc and agreed in writing between the parties (in a form reasonably satisfactory to National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc);\n“alternative apparatus” means appropriate alternative apparatus to the satisfaction of National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc to enable National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner no less efficient than previously;\n“apparatus” means—\n(a) any electric lines or electrical plant as defined in the Electricity Act 1989, belonging to or maintained by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc together with any replacement apparatus;\n(b) such other apparatus constructed pursuant to the Order that becomes operational apparatus of National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc for the purposes of transmission, distribution and/or supply and includes any structure in which apparatus is or will be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus; and\n(c) any electric lines or electrical plant as defined in the Electricity Act 1989, belonging to or maintained by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc together with any replacement apparatus constructed as part of the Proposed NGET Projects, whether temporary or permanent (“Proposed NGET Projects apparatus”);\n“authorised works” has the same meaning as is given to the term “authorised development” in article 2(1) of this Order and includes any associated development authorised by the Order and for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule includes the use and maintenance of the authorised works and construction of any works authorised by this Schedule;\n“commence” and “commencement” in this Part of this Schedule includes any below ground surveys monitoring, ground work operations or the receipt and erection of construction plant and equipment;\n“deed of consent” means a deed of consent, crossing agreement, deed of variation or new deed of grant agreed between the parties acting reasonably in order to vary or replace existing easements, agreements, enactments and other such interests so as to secure land rights and interests as are necessary to carry out, maintain, operate and use the apparatus in a manner consistent with the terms of this Part of this Schedule;\n“EGL3” means the Eastern Greenlink 3 Project;\n“EGL4” means the Eastern Greenlink 4 Project;\n“functions” includes powers and duties;\n“Grimsby to Walpole” means the Grimsby to Walpole Project;\n“ground mitigation scheme” means a scheme approved by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) setting out the necessary measures (if any) for a ground subsidence event;\n“ground monitoring scheme” means a scheme for monitoring ground subsidence which sets out the apparatus which is to be subject to such monitoring, the extent of land to be monitored, the manner in which ground levels are to be monitored, the timescales of any monitoring activities and the extent of ground subsidence which, if exceeded, requires the undertaker to submit for National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc’s approval a ground mitigation scheme;\n“ground subsidence event” means any ground subsidence identified by the monitoring activities set out in the ground monitoring scheme that has exceeded the level described in the ground monitoring scheme as requiring a ground mitigation scheme;\n“in” in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over, across, along or upon such land;\n“Incentive Deduction” means any incentive deduction National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc receives under its electricity transmission licence which is caused by an event on its transmission system that causes electricity not to be supplied to a demand customer and which arises as a result of the authorised works;\n“maintain” and “maintenance” includes the ability and right to do any of the following in relation to any apparatus or alternative apparatus of National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc: construct, use, repair, alter, inspect, renew or remove the apparatus;\n“National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc” means National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc (Company Number 2366977) whose registered office is at 1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5EH or any successor as a licence holder within the meaning of Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989;\n“NESO” means as defined in the STC;\n“NGET offshore buffer zone” means the areas identified as the EGL3 offshore buffer zone, and the EGL4 offshore buffer zone on the NGET protective provisions offshore buffer zone plan;\n“NGET protective provisions offshore buffer zone plan” means the plan entitled NGET protective provisions offshore buffer zone plan and certified as the NGET protective provisions offshore buffer zone plan for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule;\n“NGET protective provisions plan” means the plan entitled NGET protective provisions plan and certified as the NGET protective provisions plan for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule;\n“plan” or “plans” include all designs, drawings, specifications, method statements, soil reports, programmes, calculations, risk assessments and other documents that are reasonably necessary properly and sufficiently to describe and assess the works to be executed;\n“parent company” means a parent company of the undertaker acceptable to and which has been approved by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc acting reasonably;\n“specified works” means any of the authorised works or activities undertaken in association with the authorised works which—\n(a) will or may be situated over, or within 15 metres measured in any direction of any apparatus the removal of which has not been required by the undertaker under paragraph 7(2) or otherwise; and/or\n(b) may in any way adversely affect any apparatus the removal of which has not been required by the undertaker under paragraph 7(2) or otherwise; and/or\n(c) includes any of the activities that are referred to in development near overhead lines EN43-8 and HSE’s guidance note 6 “Avoidance of Danger from Overhead Lines”.\n“Proposed NGET Projects” means together: EGL3, EGL4 and Grimsby to Walpole;\n“Proposed NGET Projects Sites” include—\n(d) land on which any Proposed NGET Projects apparatus is situated; and\n(e) land on which Proposed NGET Projects apparatus is anticipated to be situated (in so far as the same has at any time been notified by National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc in writing to the undertaker);\n“STC” means the System Operator Transmission Owner Code prepared by the electricity Transmission Owners and NESO as modified from time to time;\n“STC Claims” means any claim made under the STC against National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc arising out of or in connection with the de-energisation (whereby no electricity can flow to or from the relevant system through the generator or interconnector’s equipment) of a generator or interconnector party solely as a result of the de-energisation of plant and apparatus forming part of National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc’s transmission system which arises as a result of the authorised works;\n“Transmission Owner” means as defined in the STC; and\n“undertaker” means the undertaker as defined in article 2(1) of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/138/schedule/18/paragraph/65",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:07.056087+00:00"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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