{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-regulations-2010/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-regulations-2010/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2221",
  "legislation_title": "The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Post-closure plan",
  "text": "(1) Before applying for a storage permit, the licence-holder must draw up a proposed provisional post-closure plan that is—\n(a) based on best practice, and\n(b) in accordance with Annex II to the Directive.\n(2) Before granting a storage permit, the authority must—\n(a) approve that proposed plan, or\n(b) require the operator to make such modifications to it as the authority (after consulting the operator) considers necessary,\nand the provisional post-closure plan is the plan as so approved or modified.\n(3) The authority may—\n(a) approve a proposed post-closure plan submitted to it for approval in accordance with paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1, or\n(b) require the operator to make such modifications to it as the authority (after consulting the operator) considers necessary,\nand the post-closure plan is the plan as so approved or modified.\n(4) Where the authority is deemed to be the operator in accordance with regulation 12(5), the post-closure plan is the provisional post-closure plan with such modifications as the authority considers necessary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2221/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:44.050263+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."
}