Energy Act 2008

3 Exception for activities carried on partly on land etc U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply in relation to—

(a) the use of a controlled place for the unloading of gas to an installation which is connected with land by a permanent structure providing access at all times and for all purposes;

(b) the conversion of a natural feature of which part is in a controlled place and part under land, if the operations necessary for the conversion take place wholly or mainly on, over or under land;

(c) the use of a place for the storage of gas, or the recovery of gas so stored, where—

(i) the gas was, or is to be, introduced into the store by means of a well on land, and

(ii) part of the place is a controlled place and part is under land;

(d) the establishment or maintenance of an installation for the purposes of activities falling within paragraph (a).

(2) In this section—

• “land” means—

  (a)

  land in England;

  (b)

  land in Wales;

  (c)

  land in Scotland landward of the low water mark;

• “well” includes a borehole.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 3 in force at 13.11.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/2809, art. 2 (with art. 4)