100. In this Chapter—

“foreshore authorisation” means a foreshore authorisation which falls within section 105 by virtue of being a lease made under section 2 of the Act of 1933;

“incidental energy” means energy produced as an incidental by-product of—

(a) activities in respect of which—

(i) an aquaculture licence, or

(ii) a trial licence,

granted under Part II of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 relates, or

(b) any other fishing or aquacultural activities duly being carried out;

“offshore renewable energy” means energy (other than incidental energy) produced from a non-fossil renewable resource situated in the maritime area, and includes—

(a) wind or solar energy,

(b) wave or tidal or other hydropower, or

(c) biomass (including seaweed);

“relevant maritime usage” means any proposed maritime usage which is for the purposes of producing, from wind, offshore renewable energy where the usage—

(a) is the subject of an application for a foreshore authorisation made before 31 December 2019 and which has not been finally determined, or abandoned or withdrawn, before the coming into operation of section 101,

(b) is the subject of a foreshore authorisation, or

(c) was, on 31 December 2019, the subject of—

(i) a valid connection agreement from a transmission system operator, or

(ii) a confirmation by a transmission system operator as being eligible to be processed to receive a valid connection offer;

“relevant Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications;

“transmission system operator” has the meaning assigned to it by the Electricity Regulation Act 1999.