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Energy Bill

moved Amendment No. 26: 26: Clause 35, page 19, line 23, leave out paragraph (a) The noble Lord said: These are minor drafting amendments aimed at clarifying the definitions of Scottish and Welsh territorial waters that are currently contained in one chapter of the Bill and which have been inserted in legislation that the Bill amends. They will remove a very small element of uncertainty in the definitions currently provided, which was uncovered in discussions with interested parties and will therefore remove any possible doubt about what boundaries are the relevant ones and in which circumstances. In one case the definition also applies to certain internal, as well as territorial, waters. In particular, Amendments Nos. 26 and 27 clarify the definition of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland for the purposes of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Bill, which establishes the regulator regime for carbon dioxide storage. On the other hand, Amendments Nos. 28, 29 and 30 clarify the definition of the territorial sea adjacent to Wales for the purposes of Part 2 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Amendments Nos. 31 and 32 clarify the definition of tidal waters and parts of the sea in or adjacent to Scotland, up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea, for the purposes Part 2 of the Petroleum Act 1998. I hope that the Committee will support these technical amendments. On Question, amendment agreed to.