PART II DEPOSITS IN THE SEA

Licensing

F17A Application of Part II: further provisions.

F2(1)

Nothing in this Part of this Act shall apply to anything done—

(a)

for the purpose of constructing or maintaining a pipeline as respects any part of which an authorisation (within the meaning of Part III of the Petroleum Act 1998) is in force; or

(b)

for the purpose of establishing or maintaining an offshore installation within the meaning of Part IV of that Act.

F3(2)

Nothing in this Part of this Act applies to anything done in the course of carrying on an activity for which a licence under section 4 or 18 of the Energy Act 2008 is required (gas unloading, storage and recovery, and carbon dioxide storage).

(3)

For this purpose, activities are to be regarded as activities for which such a licence is required if, by virtue of such a licence, they are activities which may be carried on only with the consent of the Secretary of State or another person.

(4)

Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to anything done in the course of carrying out an activity for which a licence under section 4 of the Energy Act 2008 is required in, under or over F4 the Scottish inshore region.

F5 (5)

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