# The Viking CCS Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Order 2025, Paragraph 172: Monitoring for damage to pipelines

Extent: E+W

Irrespective of anything to the contrary elsewhere in this protective provision—
(a) the undertaker and the IOT Operators must at all times take reasonable steps to prevent and mitigate any loss, damage, liability, claim, cost or expense (whether indemnified or not) which either suffers as a result of the other’s negligence or breach of this Part of this Schedule; and
(b) neither the undertaker nor the IOT Operators are liable for any loss, damage, liability, claim, cost or expense suffered or incurred by the other to the extent that the same are incurred as a result of or in connection with the sole, partial or complete breach of this protective provision or negligence arising out of an act, omission, default or works of the other, its officers, servants, contractors or agents.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/509/schedule/9/paragraph/172 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/viking-ccs-carbon-dioxide-pipeline-order-2025/schedule-9/paragraph-172
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