SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Amendments consequential on development consent regime
Pipe-lines Act 1962 (c. 58)
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1
Section 1 (cross-country pipe-lines not to be constructed without authorisation) is amended as follows.
2
After subsection (1) insert—
1ZA
Subsection (1) is subject to section 33(1) of the Planning Act 2008 (exclusion of requirement for other consents for development for which development consent required).
3
In subsection (1A)(b) for “pipe-line which is the subject of a pipe-line construction authorisation” substitute “
nationally significant pipe-line
”
.
4
After subsection (1A) insert—
1B
For the purposes of subsection (1A), a pipe-line is a nationally significant pipe-line if—
a
its construction has been authorised by a pipe-line construction authorisation, or
b
development consent under the Planning Act 2008 is required for its construction by virtue of section 14(1)(g) of that Act, and has been granted.