Regulation 12 Serving a termination notice after revocation of a storage permit

(1)

Paragraph (2) applies where a storage site is closed pursuant to regulation 12(2)(a) or (3)(a) of the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010 or regulation 11(2)(a) or (3)(a) of the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011.

(2)

Where this paragraph applies, the authority must serve a termination notice in accordance with regulation 13(1) if it is satisfied that in respect of the storage site—

(a)

all available evidence indicates that the stored CO₂will be completely and permanently contained; and

(b)

the storage site is sealed and the injection facilities have been removed.