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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/southampton-to-london-pipeline-development-consent-order-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1099",
  "legislation_title": "The Southampton to London Pipeline Development Consent Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/southampton-to-london-pipeline-development-consent-order-2020",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Removal of above-ground infrastructure",
  "text": "(1) The undertaker must as soon as reasonably practicable following the abandonment of the authorised development, and in any event within six months of that date, remove any above-ground infrastructure, including for the avoidance of doubt, any aerial markers, cathodic protection test posts, cathodic protection rectifier cabinets and field boundary markers, to ground level.\n(2) In this Requirement—\n(a) “abandonment” means a final determination by the undertaker to permanently cease operating the authorised development; and\n(b) “above-ground infrastructure” means any part of the authorised development located above the surface of the ground which is not required for the operation of any other infrastructure owned or operated by the undertaker.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1099/schedule/2/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:24:39.657550+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."
}