# The Petroleum Act 1998 (Specified Pipelines) Order 2011, Article 2: Specified pipelines

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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; ...
(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 substances; or .
(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, including the bed and subsoil of those waters;
“relevant substances” means oil or relative hydrocarbons, natural gas (including such gas as a liquid) , carbon dioxide or hydrogen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/423/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998-specified-pipelines-order-2011/article-2
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