# The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2011, Regulation 3: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In these Regulations—
“access application” has the meaning given to it in regulation 12(1);
“associate” has the meaning given to it in regulation 6;
“authorised capacity”, in relation to a relevant storage site, means the total quantity of carbon dioxide authorised to be stored in the storage site in accordance with the relevant consent;
“authority” means the authority in accordance with regulation 4;
“carbon dioxide pipe-line” has the meaning given to it in section 66(1) of the Pipe-lines Act 1962;
“consent” means—
(a)in the case of a relevant pipeline—
(i)an authorisation given for the purposes of section 14(1)(a) of the Petroleum Act 1998;
(ii)a construction authorisation;
(iii)development consent granted under section 114 of the Planning Act 2008;
(b)in the case of a relevant storage site—
(i)a storage permit within the meaning of the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010;
(ii)a storage permit within the meaning of the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011;
“construction authorisation” means a construction authorisation under section 1 of the Pipe-lines Act 1962;
“controlled carbon dioxide pipeline” has the meaning given to it in section 28(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998;
“controlled pipeline” and “controlled waters” have the meanings given in section 14(2) of the Petroleum Act 1998;
“Directive” means Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006;
“diversion” means a diversion (within the meaning of section 66(1) of the Pipe-lines Act 1962) of a relevant pipeline that is not a controlled pipeline or of such part of a relevant pipeline as is not a controlled pipeline and “diverted” is to be construed accordingly;
“Gas Importation and Storage Zone” has the meaning given to it in section 1(5) of the Energy Act 2008;
“holder”, in regulations 9 and 10 has the meaning given to it in regulation 9(1)(a);
“injection” means injection of carbon dioxide into a storage site;
“licence” means a licence granted under section 18(1) of the Energy Act 2008 and “licence holder” is to be construed accordingly;
“modification notice” has the meaning given to it in regulation 13(2);
“notice” means notice in writing;
“operator”, in relation to a storage permit, means the person who carries on or (where different) controls activities at the storage site;
“owner” has the meaning given to it in regulation 5;
“pipeline variation notice” has the meaning given to it in regulation 8(2);
“planning permission” means permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or under Part 3 or, in relation to England, Part 13 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;
“relevant infrastructure” means a relevant pipeline or a relevant storage site;
“relevant pipeline” means—
(a)a controlled carbon dioxide pipeline; or
(b)a carbon dioxide pipe-line situated in, under or over Great Britain, including so much of the internal waters of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Great Britain;
“relevant storage site” means a storage site situated—
(a)in Great Britain; or
(b)in, under or over—
(i)so much of the internal waters of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Great Britain,
(ii)the territorial sea of the United Kingdom, or
(iii)waters in a Gas Importation and Storage Zone,
and any associated installations, apparatus and works;
“third party”, in regulations 9 and 10, has the meaning given to it in regulation 9(1)(b);
“variation condition” has the meaning given to it in regulation 7(2).
(2) The following expressions have the meanings given by Article 3 of the Directive—
“CO2 stream”;
“storage site”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2305/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-access-to-infrastructure-regulations-2011/regulation-3
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