# The Viking CCS Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Order 2025, Paragraph 173: Costs

Extent: E+W

The undertaker must repay to the IOT Operators all fees, costs, charges and expenses reasonably and properly incurred by them in relation to these protective provisions in respect of—
(a) approval of works details submitted by the undertaker under paragraph ‎165 and the imposition of reasonable requirements under paragraph ‎167;
(b) the engagement of an engineer and their observation of the relevant work affecting the pipelines and the provision of safety advice under paragraph ‎169; and
(c) the repair and testing of a pipeline or protected crossing, and the costs of stopping, suspending and restoring supply, under paragraph ‎170,
including the reasonable costs incurred by the IOT Operators in engaging and retaining such external experts, consultants and contractors as may be reasonably necessary to the IOT Operators to carry out their functions under these protective provisions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/509/schedule/9/paragraph/173 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/viking-ccs-carbon-dioxide-pipeline-order-2025/schedule-9/paragraph-173
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