Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 3642
ELECTRICITY, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Electricity Act 1989 (Requirement of Consent for Offshore Wind and Water Driven Generating Stations) (England and Wales) Order 2001
Made
7th November 2001
Laid before Parliament
9th November 2001
Coming into force
1st December 2001
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 36(2) and (3) and 111(2) of the Electricity Act 1989( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Electricity Act 1989 (Requirement of Consent for Offshore Wind and Water Driven Generating Stations) (England and Wales) Order 2001, shall extend to England and Wales only and shall come into force on 1st December 2001.
2. —(1) In the case of generating stations which are wholly or mainly driven by wind or water and are situated in waters within or adjacent to England and Wales (provided that the waters are not within an area in which development requires planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990( 2 )) up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea, section 36(2) of the Electricity Act 1989 shall have effect as if, for the permitted capacity of 50 megawatts mentioned therein, there were substituted the capacity of one megawatt.
(2) In this article the expressions “development” and “planning permission” bear the same meanings as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Patricia Hewitt
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
7th November 2001