Part III Submarine pipelines
14 Construction and use of pipelines.
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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.
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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.