# The Pipe-lines (Metrication) Regulations 1992, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement, for the purposes of the Pipe-lines Act 1962 and the Pipe-lines (Limits of Deviation) Regulations 1962, Council Directive No. 80/181/EEC (O.J. 1980, L39, 15.2.80, p.40) as amended by Council Directive No. 89/617/EEC (O.J. 1989, No. L357, 7.12.89, p.28), which establish the legal units of measurement to be used throughout the Community.
The following changes are made—
(a) Pipe-lines Act 1962
(i) scale of maps — references to “six inches to the mile” are replaced by references to “1 in 10,560”;
(ii) length of pipe-lines — references to “ten miles” in sections 3(1), 7(1) and 66(1) are replaced by references to “16.093 kilometres”; and
(iii) in sections 27(1) and (6) and 31(1) (buildings etc. imperilling pipe-lines) — references to “ten feet” are replaced by references to “3 metres”.
(b) In the Pipe-lines (Limits of Deviation) Regulations 1962 the reference to “one hundred feet” is replaced by a reference to “30 metres”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/449/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pipe-lines-metrication-regulations-1992/note
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