# The Stonestreet Green Solar Order 2025, Paragraph 62: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

In this Part of this Schedule—
“apparatus” means any electric lines, cables or electrical plant as defined in the Electricity Act 1989 and including convertor stations and sub-stations, belonging to or maintained by National Grid Interconnectors together with any apparatus constructed pursuant to the Order that becomes operational apparatus of National Grid Interconnectors for the purposes of transmission, distribution or supply and includes any structure in which apparatus is or will be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus;
“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 Part of this Schedule;
“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;
“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;
“functions” includes powers and duties;
“ground mitigation scheme” means a scheme approved by National Grid Interconnectors setting out the necessary measures (if any) for a ground subsidence event;
“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, must require the undertaker to submit for National Grid Interconnectors’ approval a ground mitigation scheme;
“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;
“in” in a context referring to apparatus in land includes a reference to apparatus under, over, across, along or upon such land;
“Incentive Deduction” means any incentive deduction National Grid Interconnectors 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;
“maintain” and “maintenance” includes the ability and right to do any of the following in relation to any apparatus of National Grid Interconnectors: construct, use, repair or inspect the apparatus;
“National Grid Interconnectors” means National Grid Interconnectors Limited, company number 03385525, whose registered office is at 1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5EH;
“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;
“specified works” means any of the authorised works or activities undertaken in association with the authorised works which—
(a)will or may be situated over or within 15 metres measured in any direction of any apparatus; and/or
(b)may in any way adversely affect any apparatus.
“STC” means the System Operator Transmission Owner Code prepared by the electricity Transmission Owners and NESO as modified from time to time; and
“STC Claims” means any claim made under the STC against National Grid Interconnectors 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 Interconnectors’ transmission system which arises as a result of the authorised works.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1175/schedule/13/paragraph/62 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/stonestreet-green-solar-order-2025/schedule-13/paragraph-62
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