# The Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996, Regulation 5: Design of a pipeline

Extent: E+W+S

The operator shall ensure that no fluid is conveyed in a pipeline unless it has been so designed that, so far as is reasonably practicable, it can withstand—
(a) forces arising from its operation;
(b) the fluids that may be conveyed in it; and
(c) the external forces and the chemical processes to which it may be subjected.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/825/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pipelines-safety-regulations-1996/regulation-5
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