Section 30B Change of use relief: carbon storage network pipelinesF1F12

The Secretary of State may F2, on an application made by a relevant person, by notice designate a submarine pipeline as an eligible F3carbon storage network pipeline.

The Secretary of State must consult the Oil and Gas Authority before deciding—

An eligible carbon storage network pipeline qualifies for change of use relief if—

In subsection (2) “CCS-related abandonment programme notice” means an abandonment programme notice under section 29 of the 1998 Act given at a time when the pipeline is used, or is to be used wholly or mainly—

The trigger event occurs in relation to an eligible carbon storage network pipeline when—

In subsection (3)—

Where the Secretary of State gives an approval notice in relation to an eligible carbon storage network pipeline, the Secretary of State must—

Where an eligible carbon storage network pipeline qualifies for change of use relief, a proposal must not be made under section 34(1)(b) of the 1998 Act if the effect of the proposal (if implemented) would be to impose an abandonment liability on a person who is within section 34(2)(b) of the 1998 Act only because subsection (5) applies in relation to the person.

This subsection applies in relation to a person if the person has been within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 30(2) of the 1998 Act in relation to the pipeline, but only at a time—

The power conferred by subsection (1) does not include a power to revoke F7a notice given under that subsection.

The Secretary of State must publish a notice given under subsection (1).

In this section—

• “abandonment liability”, in relation to a submarine pipeline, is a duty to secure that an abandonment programme for the pipeline is carried out;

• “abandonment programme”, in relation to a submarine pipeline, means a programme in respect of the pipeline approved, or having effect as if approved, by the Secretary of State under section 32 of the 1998 Act;

• “captured carbon dioxide” F9has the same meaning as in section 30A;

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• F11“decommissioning costs” has the meaning given by section 92 of the Energy Act 2023;

• “geological storage”, in relation to carbon dioxide, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Energy Act 2023 (see section 55 of that Act);

• “licensable means of transportation” has the meaning given by section 2(3) of the Energy Act 2023;

• “petroleum” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the 1998 Act (see section 1 of that Act) and includes petroleum that has undergone any processing;

• “relevant person” means a person to whom a notice may be given under section 29(1) of the 1998 Act in relation to a submarine pipeline;

• “submarine pipeline” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (see section 45 of that Act).