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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

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

26: Requirements for applications for commercial permits

You could also call this:

"Rules for applying for a permit to develop offshore renewable energy commercially"

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If you want to apply for a commercial permit, you must follow some rules. You need to have a current feasibility permit that covers the whole area you want to develop. Your application must be for a reasonable sized area for what you want to do.

You have to include a development plan with your application, which must have the information the regulations say is needed. You also need to include a record of the consultation you did under sections 24 and 24A, and explain how it helped you plan your development.

Your application must include a plan for decommissioning the infrastructure, and an estimate of the cost, as outlined in subpart 2 of Part 3 and Part 3. You also need to propose a financial security arrangement, as explained in subpart 3 of Part 3 and Part 3.

You must include any other information the regulations require, and follow the process the regulations outline.

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

26Requirements for applications for commercial permits

  1. Every application for a commercial permit must—

  2. be made by a person who is the permit holder of a current feasibility permit that applies in respect of the whole permit area for which the commercial permit application is made; and
    1. be in respect of a permit area that is a reasonable size for the proposed development; 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 sections 24 and 24A and a statement explaining how it has informed the proposed development; and
          1. include a decommissioning proposal and a decommissioning cost estimate in respect of the ORE generation infrastructure that will be attributable to ORE generation infrastructure activities under the permit (see subpart 2 of Part 3); and
            1. include proposals for a financial security arrangement (see subpart 3 of Part 3); and
              1. contain, or be accompanied by, any information prescribed by the regulations; and
                1. otherwise be made in the manner prescribed by the regulations.