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Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 752

The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 4) Order 1989

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989 No. 752

PIPE-LINES

The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 4) Order 1989

Made28th April 1989
Coming into force1st June 1989

    The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33(2) and (3) of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after giving those persons affected an opportunity of being heard with respect to the matter, hereby makes the following Order:-
        1.    This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 4) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st June 1989.
        2.    In this Order-
      "the Act" means the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975;
      "Leman BT" means the offshore installation known as the Leman 49/26 BT platform, which is situated above the Leman gasfield, east of the coast of Norfolk;
      "the platform apparatus" means all of the apparatus and works of a kind specified in paragraph (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of section 33(1) of the Act[2] which are part of the pipe-line and attached to Leman BT;
      "the pipe-line" means so much of the 30 inch pipe-line brought into use during 1974 which lies between Leman BT and the terminal situated at Bacton in the county of Norfolk as is a controlled pipe-line; and
      "the riser" means that section of the pipe-line which connects Leman BT to a section of the pipe-line lying in, or in close proximity to, the sea-bed and extending outwards from Leman BT.

        3.    For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), the platform apparatus and the riser shall together be treated as a pipe-line and the remainder of the pipe-line shall be treated as a separate pipe-line.
        4.    For the purposes of Part III of the Act, the persons specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as the owners of the platform apparatus and the riser, and the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule are hereby designated as the owners of the remainder of the pipe-line.



Peter Morrison

Minister of State, Department of Energy

28th April 1989




Notes:

[1] 1975 c. 74.

[2] Section 33(1) was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23), section 25(1).

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