{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-termination-of-licences-regulations-2011/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1483",
  "legislation_title": "The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Termination of Licences) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-termination-of-licences-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Minimum period",
  "text": "(1) When the authority approves a proposed post-closure plan in respect of a storage site in accordance with the licensing regulations, the authority must determine the minimum period (the “minimum period”) that must elapse between the date of closure of the storage site and the termination of the licence.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the minimum period must be no less than twenty years from the date of the closure of the storage site.\n(3) Where the minimum period has not elapsed and the authority considers that the condition set out in regulation 8(a) has been met, the authority may reduce the period determined under paragraph (1), which reduced period becomes the minimum period.\n(4) The authority must notify the licence holder, as soon as reasonably practicable, of the minimum period determined under paragraph (1) or (3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1483/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:04:33.007696+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."
}