Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 423
Pipe-lines
The Petroleum Act 1998 (Specified Pipelines) Order 2011
Made
9th February 2011
Laid before Parliament
17th February 2011
Coming into force
6th April 2011
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(2A) and 25(7)(b) of the Petroleum Act 1998(1).
Citation and commencementI1
1. This Order—
(a)may be cited as the Petroleum Act 1998 (Specified Pipelines) Order 2011, and
(b)comes into force on 6th April 2011.
Specified pipelinesI2
2.—(1) Paragraph (2) specifies a description of pipelines for the purposes of section 24(2A) of the Petroleum Act 1998 (pipelines disregarded for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act etc).
(2) The pipelines are any pipelines other than—
(a)controlled pipelines used in relation to the exploration for, or exploitation of, petroleum;
(b)F1controlled pipelines used in relation to unloading or storage offshore of relevant substances; ...
(c)controlled pipelines (except those described under sub-paragraph (a) or (b)) used in relation to—
(i)the export from or import into the United Kingdom, or
(ii)the transfer between any of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland,
of relevant [F2substances; orF2] (2).
[F3 (d)controlled pipelines (except those described under sub-paragraph (b) or (c)) used in relation to the conveyance of hydrogen.F3]
(3) In paragraph (2)—
“unloading or storage offshore” means unloading or storage in controlled waters( 3 ), including the bed and subsoil of those waters;
“relevant substances” means oil or relative hydrocarbons, natural gas (including such gas as a liquid) [F4 , carbon dioxide or hydrogen F4] .
Transitional provisions: existing pipelinesI3
3. Nothing in this Order applies in relation to a pipeline in respect of which, immediately before the date of coming into force of this Order, an authorisation under Part 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998 was in force.
Transitional provisions: pending applicationsI4
4.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—
(a)an application is made before the date of coming into force of this Order for an authorisation in respect of a pipeline under Part 3 of that Act; and
(b)that application was not determined or withdrawn by that date.
(2) An application described in paragraph (1)—
(a)is not affected by this Order; and
(b)if the application is granted, is an authorisation made under Part 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998.
Richard Benyon
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
9th February 2011
1998 c. 17. Subsection (2A) was inserted into section 24 by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).
See sections 26 and 28(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998 for definitions of “pipeline” and section 28(1) for the definition of “controlled pipeline”.
See section 28(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998 for a definition of “controlled waters”.