The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 3) Order 1990

1.  This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 3) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st July 1990.

2.  In this Order—

“the Act” means the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975;

“North West Hutton” means the offshore installation known as the North West Hutton Platform which is situated above the North West Hutton oil field, north-east of the Shetland Islands;

“Cormorant A” means the offshore installation known as the Cormorant A Platform which is situated above the South Cormorant oil field, north-east of the Shetland Islands;

“the pipe-line” means the 20 inch nominal diameter pipe brought into use in April 1983 which lies between North West Hutton and Cormorant A, and the apparatus and works associated therewith;

“the platform apparatus,” means all of the apparatus and works of a kind specified in paragraph (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of section 33(1) of the Act(1) which are part of the pipe-line and attached to Cormorant A; and

“the riser,” means that section of the pipe-line which connects Cormorant A to that section of the pipe-line which lies in, or in close proximity to, the sea-bed and extends outwards from Cormorant A.

3.  For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), the platform apparatus and the riser shall together be treated as a pipe-line and the remainder of the pipe-line shall be treated as a separate pipe-line.

4.  For the purposes of Part III of the Act, the persons specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as the owners of the platform apparatus and the riser, and the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as the owners of the remainder of the pipe-line.

Peter Morrison

Minister of State,

Department of Energy

8th June 1990