Electricity (Offshore Wind and Water Driven Generating Stations) (Permitted Capacity) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008
Article 39 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 No. 232 N.I. 1 provides that a generating station with a capacity of more than 10 megawatts (“the permitted capacity”) shall not be constructed, extended or operated except in accordance with a consent granted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (“the Department”).