Article 2 Specified pipelinesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Paragraph (2) specifies a description of pipelines for the purposes of section 24(2A) of the Petroleum Act 1998 (pipelines disregarded for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act etc).

(2)

The pipelines are any pipelines other than—

(a)

controlled pipelines used in relation to the exploration for, or exploitation of, petroleum;

(b)

controlled pipelines used in relation to unloading or storage offshore of relevant substances; F1...

(c)

controlled pipelines (except those described under sub-paragraph (a) or (b)) used in relation to—

(i)

the export from or import into the United Kingdom, or

(ii)

the transfer between any of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland,

of relevant F2substances; or ^f1.

F3(d)

controlled pipelines (except those described under sub-paragraph (b) or (c)) used in relation to the conveyance of hydrogen.

(3)

In paragraph (2)—

“unloading or storage offshore” means unloading or storage in controlled waters^f2, including the bed and subsoil of those waters;
“relevant substances” means oil or relative hydrocarbons, natural gas (including such gas as a liquid) F4, carbon dioxide or hydrogen.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in art. 2(2)(b) omitted (27.9.2023) by virtue of The Petroleum Act 1998 (Specified Pipelines) (Amendment) and Importation and Storage of Combustible Gas (Designation of Substance etc.) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/971), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a)
F2: Words in art. 2(2)(c) substituted (27.9.2023) by The Petroleum Act 1998 (Specified Pipelines) (Amendment) and Importation and Storage of Combustible Gas (Designation of Substance etc.) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/971), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(b)
F3: Art. 2(2)(d) inserted (27.9.2023) by The Petroleum Act 1998 (Specified Pipelines) (Amendment) and Importation and Storage of Combustible Gas (Designation of Substance etc.) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/971), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(c)
F4: Words in art. 2(3) substituted (27.9.2023) by The Petroleum Act 1998 (Specified Pipelines) (Amendment) and Importation and Storage of Combustible Gas (Designation of Substance etc.) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/971), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(d)

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in force at 6.4.2011, see art. 1(b)

Footnotes

f1: See sections 26 and 28(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998 for definitions of “pipeline” and section 28(1) for the definition of “controlled pipeline”.
f2: See section 28(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998 for a definition of “controlled waters”.