Article 2 InterpretationI1

Except for Schedule 2 (Deemed Licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009), which is subject to the definitions in that Schedule, in this Order—

• “the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f1;

• “the 2004 Act” means the Energy Act 2004^f2;

• “the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

• “the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009^f3;

• “ancillary works” means the ancillary works described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 and which are not development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

• “authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 of Schedule 1, which is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

• “authorised project” means the authorised development and the ancillary works authorised by this Order;

• “collector substation” means a platform F1... with one or more decks or housing or incorporating high voltage alternating current electrical switchgear and/or electrical transformers and other equipment to enable power from multiple WTGs to be collected and electrically converted for transmission including permanent accommodation for operations and maintenance staff, helicopter landing facilities, craneage, access equipment, J-tubes, marking and lighting, and other associated equipment and facilities;

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• “concrete monopile foundation” means a concrete or steel reinforced concrete pile, typically cylindrical, drilled into the seabed, and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tube, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;

• “the deemed marine licence” means the licence set out in Schedule 2 and deemed by article 8 to have been granted under Part 4 of the 2009 Act, by virtue of section 149A of the 2008 Act;

• “environmental statement” means the document (Reference 05/01) certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order and submitted with the application on 31 January 2012;

• “gravity base foundation” means a structure principally of steel, concrete or steel and concrete which rests on the seabed either due to its own weight with or without added ballast or additional steel skirts and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tube, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;

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• “jacket foundation” means a metal jacket/lattice type structure constructed of steel or reinforced concrete which is fixed to the seabed at two or more points with driven or pre-installed piles or with suction cans and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tube, corrosion protection systems with access platforms and equipment;

• “the land plan” means the plan submitted with the application (02/02/v2 dated 6 September 2012) and certified as the land plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;

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• “maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust and alter, and further includes remove, reconstruct and replace any of the ancillary works and any component part of any F5wind turbine generator or collector substation described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (including replacement of defective subsea cables to the extent assessed in the environmental statement but not including the alteration removal or replacement of foundations) and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;

• “MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;

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• “MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

• “monopile foundation” means a concrete monopile foundation or a steel monopile foundation;

• “the Order limits” means the limits shown on the Works plan as the limits within which the authorised development may be carried out, whose grid coordinates are set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (authorised development) of this Order;

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• “Renewable Energy Zone” means the areas of the sea designated under the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) Order 2004^f4;

• “the Requirements” means the requirements set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1 (Requirements) to this Order;

• “scheduled works” means the works numbered 1 F8... specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, or any part of them;

• “scour protection” means measures to prevent loss of seabed sediment around foundation bases by use of protective aprons, mattresses, flow energy dissipation (frond) devices or rock and gravel dumping;

• “steel monopile foundation” means a steel pile, typically cylindrical, driven and/or drilled into the seabed and associated equipment including scour protection, bracing J-tube, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;

• “suction bucket monopod foundation” means a tubular metal structure which partially penetrates the seabed and remains in place using its own weight and a hydrostatic pressure differential and associated equipment, including scour protection, bracing, J-tube, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;

• “suction can” means a large diameter steel cylinder which is fixed to the base of the foundation and partially penetrates the seabed and remains in place using its own weight and hydrostatic pressure differential;

• “Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

• “tripod foundation” means a metal jacket/lattice type structure consisting of three main legs linked by cross-braces supporting a single central support for the transition piece and turbine, constructed of steel or reinforced concrete which is fixed to the seabed with driven or pre-installed piles or suction cans, and associated equipment including scour protection, J-tube, corrosion protection systems and access platforms and equipment;

• “undertaker” means Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited;

• “vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water;

• “wind turbine generator” or “WTG” means a structure comprising a tower, rotor with three blades connected at the hub, nacelle and ancillary electrical and other equipment which may include J-tubes, transition piece, access and rest platforms, access ladders, boat access systems, corrosion protection systems, fenders and maintenance equipment, helicopter landing facilities and other associated equipment, fixed to a foundation;

• “the Works plan” means the plan submitted with the application (02/03/v3 dated 11 December 2012) and certified as the Works plan by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order.

All distances, directions and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised development shall be taken to be measured along that work.

Any reference in this Order to a work identified by the number of the work, or by a combination of letters and numbers (for example, “Work No. 1”), is to be construed as a reference to the work of that number authorised by this Order.

References in this Order to numbered Requirements are to the Requirements with those numbers in Part 3 of Schedule 1.

References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do or to place and maintain anything in, on or under land or in the air-space above its surface.