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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-and-submarine-pipe-lines-act-1975-repealed-15021999/schedule-4/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-and-submarine-pipe-lines-act-1975-repealed-15021999/schedule-4/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/74",
  "legislation_title": "Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975 (repealed 15/02/1999)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-and-submarine-pipe-lines-act-1975-repealed-15021999",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of a decision not to issue a works authorisation in consequence of an application it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to serve on the applicant, and on each person on whom a copy of notice of the application was required to be served in pursuance of paragraph 3(c) of this Schedule, a notice stating the decision and, in the case of the notice served on the applicant, stating also the reasons for the decision except any reason which the Secretary of State considers that it would be against the national interest to state: and in the case of a decision to issue a works authorisation in consequence of an application it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State—\n(a) to serve notice of the decision on the applicant and each such person and on any other person who made representations as mentioned in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph; and\n(b) to publish a copy of the notice in the London and Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, or in such of them as he considers appropriate, and in any other publication which he considers appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/74/schedule/4/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:35:31.281686+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}