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Paragraph 8 InterpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

In this storage permit—

(a)

“the Regulations” means the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;

(b)

the following expressions have the meanings given by regulation 2(3) of the Regulations;

  • “the authority”;

  • “CO2”;

  • “corrective measures plan”;

  • “the Directive”;

  • “the ETS Directive”;

  • “financial security”;

  • “injection”;

  • “licence”;

  • “monitoring plan”;

  • “operator”;

  • “storage permit”.

(2)

The following expressions have the meanings given by Article 3 of the Directive (and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly)—

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

  • “corrective measures”;

  • “CO2 plume”;

  • “CO2 stream”;

  • “leakage”;

  • “migration”;

  • “significant irregularity”;

  • “significant risk”;

  • “storage complex”;

  • “storage site”;

  • “waste”.

Annotations

Commencement

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Sch. 2 para. 8 in operation at 4.1.2016, see reg. 1