Paragraph 4 PipelinesI1

Any pipeline.

Any pipeline works.

The following activities in connection with pipeline works—

being in either case a vessel which is engaged in pipeline works.

In this paragraph—

• “pipeline” means a pipe or system of pipes for the conveyance of any thing, together with—

  1. (a)

     any apparatus for inducing or facilitating the flow of any thing through, or through a part of, the pipe or system;

  2. (b)

     any apparatus for treating or cooling any thing which is to flow through, or through part of, the pipe or system;

  3. (c)

     valves, valve chambers and similar works which are annexed to, or incorporated in the course of, the pipe or system;

  4. (d)

     apparatus for supplying energy for the operation of any such apparatus or works as are mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c);

  5. (e)

     apparatus for the transmission of information for the operation of the pipe or system;

  6. (f)

     apparatus for the cathodic protection of the pipe or system; and

  7. (g)

     structure used or to be used solely for the support of a part of the pipe or system,

  but not including a pipeline of which no initial or terminal point is situated in the United Kingdom or within territorial waters, United Kingdom territorial waters adjacent to Great Britain or a designated area;

• “pipeline works” means—

  1. (a)

     assembling or placing a pipeline or length of pipeline including the provision of internal or external protection for it;

  2. (b)

     inspecting, testing, maintaining, adjusting, repairing, altering or renewing a pipeline or length of pipeline;

  3. (c)

     changing the position of or dismantling or removing a pipeline or length of pipeline;

  4. (d)

     opening the bed of the sea for the purposes of the works mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c), and tunnelling or boring for those purposes;

  5. (e)

     any activities incidental to the activities described in paragraphs (a) to (d);

  6. (f)

     diving operations in connection with any of the works mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) or for the purpose of determining whether a place is suitable as part of the site of a proposed pipeline and the carrying out of surveying operations for settling the route of a proposed pipeline.