Pipe-lines Act 1962

22 Prohibition of use of length of pipe-line not complying with requirements imposed under section 20

(1) Where, by virtue of subsection (1) of the last foregoing section, works are required to be removed or altered, it shall not be lawful for use to be made of so much of a pipeline as has been constructed in the course of the execution of the works unless and until such alterations have been effected to the works (whether by the person required to remove or alter them or by the Minister) as are necessary to make them comply with the prohibition in default of compliance with which they were executed; and where, by virtue of that subsection, a length of a pipe-line is required to be removed or altered, it shall not be lawful for use to be made of that length unless and until such alterations have been effected thereto (whether by the person required to remove or alter it or by the Minister) as are necessary to make it comply with the prohibition in default of compliance with which it was constructed.

(2) In the event of a contravention of the foregoing subsection in relation to any works, the person who executed them shall be guilty of an offence, and, in the event of a contravention of that subsection in relation to a length of a pipe-line, the owner of the line comprising the length shall be guilty of an offence; and a person guilty of an offence under this subsection shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both a fine and such imprisonment.