Explanatory note

This Order designates the two companies specified in Part I of the Schedule as owners of the pipe-lines described in Parts II and III of the Schedule. In the case of the pipe-lines specified in Part II, the designation applies only to those parts which are in controlled waters, that is the territorial sea and areas designated under the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29).

The pipe-lines referred to in Part II lie between the Viking gasfield situated east of the coast of Lincolnshire and the gas terminal at Theddlethorpe.

Those referred to in Part III lie above the Viking gasfield.