22 Prohibition of use of length of pipe-line not complying with requirements imposed under section 20. E+W+S
(1)Where, by virtue of subsection (1) of the last foregoing section, works are required to be removed or altered, it shall not be lawful for use to be made of so much of a pipe-line as has been constructed in the course of the execution of the works unless and until such alterations have been effected to the works (whether by the person required to remove or alter them or by [the Health and Safety Executive]) as are necessary to make them comply with the prohibition in default of compliance with which they were executed; and where, by virtue of that subsection, a length of a pipe-line is required to be removed or altered, it shall not be lawful for use to be made of that length unless and until such alterations have been effected thereto (whether by the person required to remove or alter it or by [the Executive]) as are necessary to make it comply with the prohibition in default of compliance with which it was constructed.
(2)In the event of a contravention of the foregoing subsection in relation to any works, the person who executed them shall be guilty of an offence, and, in the event of a contravention of that subsection in relation to a length of a pipe-line, the owner of the line comprising the length shall be guilty of an offence; . . .
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