Part III Submarine pipelines
14 Construction and use of pipelines.
(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 F1OGA.
(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 M1Continental Shelf Act 1964.