{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1965/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1965/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/36",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1965",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The applicantshall before making the application formally in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Schedule submit his proposalsin writing to the Minister.\n(2) The written proposals shall include the name and address of the applicantand shall—\n(a) specify by reference to a large-scale map the perimeter of the storage area and of any protective area,\n(b) state the depth or depths below which it is proposed that the Minister’s control over workings and borings is to have effect in the various parts of the storage and protective areas,\n(c) state the nature and volume of the gas which it is proposed to store, and the depths and nature of the stratum in which it is to be stored, and of the strata contiguous to that stratum,\n(d) include information as to the proposed method of operating the storage, including the methods of injecting and withdrawing gas, and\n(e) state what exploratory work has been carried out to prove the proposed storage, and the results obtained from the work.\n(3) The Minister may require the applicantto furnish further information in writing concerning his proposals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 6(26)(a), Sch. 8 para. 33"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 6(26)(b), Sch. 8 para. 33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/36/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}