48 Interpretation
Infrastructure Act 2015 (2015 c 7) | Legislation

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(1)     For the purposes of deciding whether land is deep-level land—

(a)     the depth of a point in land below surface level is the distance between that point and the surface of the land vertically above that point; and

(b)     in determining what is the surface of the land, any building or other structure on the land, and any water covering the land, must be ignored.

[(1A)     The Secretary of State may make regulations setting out the definition of “landward area†as it applies in relation to—

(a)     the right to use deep-level land in England for the purposes of exploiting petroleum, and

(b)     the right to use deep-level land for the purposes of exploiting deep geothermal energy.

(1B)     The Welsh Ministers may make regulations

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