293 Assessment of environmental effects etc
Energy Act 2023 (2023 c 52) | Legislation

293  Assessment of environmental effects etc

(1)     The appropriate authority may by regulations make—

(a)     provision for and in connection with the assessment of the environmental effects of relevant offshore wind activities in relation to protected sites;

(b)     provision about the taking or securing of measures by a public authority in compensation for any adverse environmental effects of relevant offshore wind activities in relation to protected sites (“compensatory measures”).

(2)     The appropriate authority is the Secretary of State, subject to paragraphs (a) to (c)—

(a)     the Scottish Ministers are the appropriate authority in relation to relevant offshore wind activities in the Scottish inshore region;

(b)     the Welsh Ministers are the appropriate authority in relation to relevant offshore wind activities in the Welsh inshore region, subject to subsection (3) and other than in relation to qualifying Secretary of State functions;

(c)     DAERA is the appropriate authority in relation to relevant offshore wind activities in the Northern Ireland inshore region, other than in relation to qualifying Secretary of State functions.

(3)     In subsection (2)(b), “relevant offshore wind activity” does not include an activity within section 290(1)(a) relating to a generating station that has a capacity such that the construction or extension

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