Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Regulations 2022
98Contents, manner and form of design notification
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98 Contents, manner and form of design notification
(1) A design notification must: (a) include a plan of the intended location, or locations, and layout of the licence infrastructure; and (b) include descriptions of the following: (i) the seabed and subsoil at the intended location or locations of the licence infrastructure; (ii) the reasonably foreseeable meteorological and oceanographic conditions to which the licence infrastructure may be subject; (iii) how the licence infrastructure will be constructed; (iv) how the licence infrastructure will be operated and maintained; (v) how the licence infrastructure will be decommissioned and removed; (vi) any significant risks or hazards that may arise from the location or locations, design, construction, operation, maintenance, decommissioning or removal of the licence infrastructure; (vii) proposed measures to deal with those risks and hazards; and (c) explain the process used to select the design of the licence infrastructure, including by: (i) outlining the criteria, design philosophy and standards (if any) that were used to guide the process; and (ii) outlining how design considerations influenced decisions made in relation to any of the matters in paragraph (a) or (b); and (iii) summarising any other design options that were considered, and the reasons why they were rejected. (2) A design notification: (a) must be given in the manner and form that is: (i) approved by the Regulator; and (ii) published on the Regulator’s website; and (b) must be accompanied by any information or documents required by the form.