Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17)

Part III U.K. Submarine pipelines

14 Construction and use of pipelines. U.K.

(1) No person shall—

(a) execute in, under or over any controlled waters any works for the construction of a pipeline; or

(b) use a controlled pipeline of which the construction was begun on or after 1st January 1976,

except in accordance with an authorisation given in writing by the [F1 OGA].

(2) In this Part of this Act—

• “controlled pipeline” means so much of any pipeline as is in, under or over controlled waters; and

• “controlled waters” means the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom and the sea in any area designated under section 1(7) of the M1 Continental Shelf Act 1964.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 14(1) substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 14; S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 14(1) restricted (16.9.2011) by The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2305), regs. 1, 16(1)(a)

Marginal Citations

M1 1964 c. 29.