# The Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2017, Article 7: Consent to transfer benefit of Order

Extent: E+W

(1) The undertaker may, with the consent of the Secretary of State–
(a) transfer to another person (“the transferee”) any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the undertaker and the transferee; or
(b) grant to another person (“the lessee”) for a period agreed between the undertaker and the lessee any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order (including any of the numbered works) and such related statutory rights as may be so agreed.
(2) Where an agreement has been made in accordance with paragraph (1), references in this Order to the undertaker, except in paragraph (3), include references to the transferee or the lessee.
(3) The exercise by a person of any benefits or rights conferred in accordance with any transfer or grant under paragraph (1) is subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations (including development consent obligations within the meaning of section 106A of the 1990 Act) as would apply under this Order if those benefits or rights were exercised by the undertaker.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/433/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/keuper-underground-gas-storage-facility-order-2017/article-7
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