Section 6A of the Gas Act 1986, as substituted by section 4 of the Gas Act 1995, provides for the granting by order of exemptions from the prohibition contained in section 5 of the 1986 Act from carrying on the conveyance, supply or shipping of gas without a licence. This Order contains an exemption in respect of the conveyance of gas through pipes which do not exceed 16.093 kilometres from the gas processing facility at the Lindholm Compressor Site, Vulcan Way, Bawtry Road, Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster DN7 6TE, to a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter (article 3). The exemption is subject to conditions relating to the provision of information to a public gas transporter to whose pipe-line system gas is conveyed in pursuance of the exemption, if directed by the Secretary of State, and to conditions relating to the provision of information to the Director General of Gas Supply (article 4).

This Order also contains exemptions in respect of the conveyance and supply of gas to the gas processing facility (article 5). It continues in force until 1st March 2011, unless revoked earlier.

A regulatory impact assessment of the costs and benefits that will result from this Order will be available in the Libraries of the Houses of Parliament when the Order, having been made, is laid before Parliament, and from the Energy Utilities Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry, Bay 243, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET.