{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-scotland-regulations-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-scotland-regulations-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this licence the following expressions have the meaning given by regulation 1(3) of the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011—\n“the authority”;\n“corrective measures plan”;\n“injection”;\n“licence”;\n“monitoring plan”;\n“operator”;\n“post-closure plan”;\n“provisional post-closure plan”; and\n“storage permit”.\n(2) The following expressions have the meanings given by Article 3 of 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 as that Directive had effect immediately before IP completion day (and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly)—\n“closure” of a storage site;\n“corrective measures”;\n“CO2 plume”;\n“CO2 stream”;\n“exploration”;\n“hydraulic unit”;\n“leakage”;\n“migration”;\n“significant irregularity”;\n“significant risk”;\n“storage complex”;\n“storage site”;\n“substantial change”;\n“waste”; and\n“water column”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 1 para. 5(2) inserted (1.12.2021) by S.S.I. 2021/354, reg. 8 (as substituted by The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/383), regs. 1, 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/24/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:51:52.495405+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."
}