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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Regime for offshore renewable energy permits and infrastructure protection - Feasibility permits

16: Requirements for applications for feasibility permits

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"What you need to do to apply for a permit to test an offshore renewable energy project"

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If you want to apply for a feasibility permit, your application must meet some requirements. You must apply for a permit area that is within the area specified for the application round and is a reasonable size for the offshore renewable energy generation infrastructure you plan to build. Your application must also include the information required for the application round, a development plan with certain details, and a record of any consultation you have done under section 14, along with a statement explaining how this consultation has informed your proposed development.

You must be a single entity, such as a New Zealand company or an overseas company registered in New Zealand, to make the application. You will need to specify what offshore renewable energy feasibility activities you plan to start within 12 months of getting the permit. Your application must be made in the way prescribed by the regulations.

Your development plan must contain the information required by the regulations, so that your application can be considered and any permit conditions can be applied.

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Part 2Regime for offshore renewable energy permits and infrastructure protection
Feasibility permits

16Requirements for applications for feasibility permits

  1. Every application for a feasibility permit must—

  2. be in respect of a permit area—
    1. that is wholly within the geographic area to which the application round applies; and
      1. that is a reasonable size for the proposed ORE generation infrastructure; and
      2. contain, or be accompanied by, the information required by the terms of the application round; and
        1. include a development plan, which must contain the relevant information prescribed by the regulations to enable the application to be considered and measurable permit conditions to be applied; and
          1. include a record of the consultation under section 14 and a statement explaining how it has informed the proposed development; and
            1. be made by an applicant that is a single entity that is either a body corporate that is incorporated in New Zealand or an overseas company that is registered under Part 18 of the Companies Act 1993; and
              1. specify the ORE feasibility activities that the applicant intends to commence within 12 months of the permit’s start date; and
                1. otherwise be made in the manner prescribed by the regulations.