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Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 1565

The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 22) Order 1989

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989 No. 1565

PIPE-LINES

The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 22) Order 1989

Made16th August 1989
Coming into force11th September 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. 22) Order 1989, and shall come into force on 11th September 1989.
        2.    In this Order-

    "the Act" means the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975;

    "the Clyde Platform" means the offshore installation known as the Clyde platform, which is situated above the Clyde oilfield, east of the Fife Region of Scotland;

    "Fulmar A" means the offshore installation known as the Fulmar A platform, which is situated above the Fulmar oilfield, east of the Fife Region of Scotland;

    "the pipe-lines" means the two 16 inch nominal diameter pipes, brought into use on 17th March 1987, which lie between the Clyde platform and Fulmar A and the apparatus and works associated therewith;

    "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 each of the pipe-lines and attached to Fulmar A; and

    "the riser" means that section of each of the pipe-lines which connects Fulmar A to that section of the pipe-line which lies in, or in close proximity to, the sea-bed and extends outwards from Fulmar A.
        3.    For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), in respect of each of the pipe-lines, the platform apparatus and the riser shall together be treated as a pipe-line and the remainder of each of the pipe-lines 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 comprised in each of the pipe-lines, and the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule are hereby designated as the owners of the remainder of each of the pipe-lines.



Peter Morrison

Minister of State, Department of Energy

16th August 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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