Paragraph 5 InterpretationI1

In this licence the following expressions have the meanings given by regulation 2(3) of the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015—

• “the authority”;

• “corrective measures plan”;

• “injection”;

• “licence”;

• “monitoring plan”;

• “operator”;

• “post-closure plan”;

• “provisional post-closure plan”; and

• “storage permit”.

The following expressions have the meanings given by Article 3 of Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2009 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 (and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly)—

• “closure” (in relation to a storage site);

• “corrective measures”;

• “CO₂ stream”;

• “leakage”;

• “significant irregularity”;

• “storage site”.