Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“CO2” means carbon dioxide;
“the CS Licensing Regulations 2010” means the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010(1);
“the CS Storage Directive” means Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide(2);
“fluid” means—
a gas, a liquid or vapours, or
a mixture of those things;
“injection” means injection of CO2, or any other fluid, into a storage site;
“OGA notice” means a notice under section 112 of the Energy Act 2023 (power of OGA to require information and samples);
“storage site” has the meaning given by Article 3 of the CS Storage Directive;
“well” includes borehole.
S.I. 2010/2221. Regulation 8 was amended by section 104 of the Energy Act 2023 and Schedule 2 was amended by S.I. 2012/461 and 2019/544. There are other amendments to the CS Licensing Regulations 2010 but none is relevant.
OJ No L 140, 5.6.2009, p 114.