# Energy Act 2008, Section 3: Exception for activities carried on partly on land etc


(1) This Chapter does not apply in relation to—
(a) the use of a controlled place for the unloading of gas to an installation which is connected with land by a permanent structure providing access at all times and for all purposes;
(b) the conversion of a natural feature of which part is in a controlled place and part under land, if the operations necessary for the conversion take place wholly or mainly on, over or under land;
(c) the use of a place for the storage of gas, or the recovery of gas so stored, where—
(i) the gas was, or is to be, introduced into the store by means of a well on land, and
(ii) part of the place is a controlled place and part is under land;
(d) the establishment or maintenance of an installation for the purposes of activities falling within paragraph (a).
(2) In this section—
“land” means—
(a)land in England;
(b)land in Wales;
(c)land in Scotland landward of the low water mark;
“well” includes a borehole.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/32/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008/section-3
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