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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/schedule-5/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/38",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "(1) For the purposes of the Pipe-lines Act 1962—\n(a) a licence holder carrying out activities authorised by its licence is to be taken to be a statutory undertaker;\n(b) its undertaking as licence holder is to be taken to be a statutory undertaking.\n(2) For the purposes of section 13 of the 1962 Act, in relation to a licence holder operational land is land—\n(a) which is used by the licence holder, or by a company associated with it, for the purpose of carrying out activities authorised by the licence, or\n(b) in which the licence holder, or a company associated with it, holds an interest for that purpose.\n(3) If for the purposes of section 13 of the 1962 Act a question arises whether land is operational land in relation to a licence holder the question must be decided by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1962 c. 58."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/schedule/5/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:32.082416+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."
}