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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Decommissioning of ORE infrastructure - Decommissioning obligation - Requirements connected to decommissioning obligation

75: Decommissioning proposals

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"Plan for removing old offshore energy equipment"

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If you have to decommission offshore renewable energy infrastructure, you must give the Minister a plan. This plan is called a decommissioning proposal and it helps the Minister work out how much decommissioning will cost. You will submit this proposal when you apply for a commercial permit, as outlined in section 26(c), or at other times set by regulations.

You must also submit a proposal if the Minister asks you to, and you have to do it within a reasonable time frame. Your decommissioning proposal must be based on removing all the infrastructure, unless that's not the best way to do it. It must describe what you plan to do, how you will do it, and when you will do it.

Your proposal must be accurate and have all the information that the regulations say it needs. It must also meet any other requirements set by the regulations. This helps make sure that you have a good plan for decommissioning the infrastructure.

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Part 3Decommissioning of ORE infrastructure
Decommissioning obligation: Requirements connected to decommissioning obligation

75Decommissioning proposals

  1. The purpose of this section is to ensure that the Minister has information to inform the decommissioning cost estimate.

  2. A person who has a decommissioning obligation in respect of any ORE infrastructure must submit a decommissioning proposal to the Minister,—

  3. if they are the applicant for a commercial permit, as part of the application (see section 26(c)); and
    1. at the times, or within a period after the occurrence of any events, that are prescribed by the regulations (if any); and
      1. on request from the Minister, within any reasonable time specified in the request.

        1. A decommissioning proposal must—

        2. be based on total removal of all infrastructure except where the proposal can demonstrate that total removal is not best practice nor in accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations or other enactments; and
          1. describe the options considered or available for decommissioning infrastructure, the expected decommissioning activities, and the processes to be used to carry out those activities, and set out a proposed schedule for those activities; and
            1. be accurate as at the date of submission to the Minister; and
              1. contain the information prescribed by the regulations (if any); and
                1. meet any further requirements prescribed by the regulations.