Pipe-lines Act 1962

8 Exception for emergency works

(1) In the case of any works for the construction of a pipe-line or the diversion of a length of a pipe-line, being emergency works.—

(a) the execution thereof may be effected without any authorisation of, or notice to, the Minister; but

(b) as soon as is reasonably practicable after the works have been executed the person who executed them shall send to the Minister three copies of a map (whereof the scale shall not be less than that of six inches to the mile) on which is delineated the route (taken by the line constructed or, as the case may be, the route taken by the portion of the line diverted ; and

(c) where the works were for the construction of a line, section three of this Act shall, with the substitution, for the reference in subsection (1) to the map there described, of a reference to the map referred to in the last foregoing paragraph, have effect for the purpose of authorising the diversion of a length of the line as if it had been placed as mentioned in that subsection and, where the works were for the diversion of a length of line, the length shall for the purposes of that section be deemed to have been diverted in pursuance of subsection (1) thereof.

(2) If a person fails to send copies of a map in accordance with an obligation to which he is subject by virtue of paragraph (b) of the foregoing subsection, he shall, in respect of that failure, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.