Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021

The regulations must prescribe a scheme (the licensing scheme) relating to:

applications for licences; and

the offering and granting of licences; and

transfers of licences; and

changes in control of licence holders; and

management plans; and

any other matters that this Act provides for the licensing scheme to deal with.

The licensing scheme may include any other provision that may, under this Act, be included in the regulations.

For example, the licensing scheme may include provisions about fees and levies (see Part 3 of Chapter 5).

The regulations may provide that an application under this Act is taken to have been made only if a fee or levy has been paid (see subsections 189(5) and 190(8)).