Powers to require information and effect of notices
Requirements for consents16.
(1)
The use of infrastructure by any person in accordance with a right secured to that person by virtue of these regulations is not a contravention of—
(a)
section 14(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998; or
(b)
section 17(1) of the Energy Act 2008.
(2)
Subject to paragraph (3), a modification notice requiring a person to carry out modifications authorises that person to carry out the modifications for the purposes of—
(a)
section 14(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998 (but nothing in Schedule 2 of that Act shall apply to such a notice);
(b)
(c)
section 31 of the Planning Act 2008;
(d)
section 17(2)(d) of the Energy Act 2008;
(e)
a storage permit under the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010 or the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2010;
(f)
Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.
(3)
Paragraph (2) does not apply to the extent that a modification notice has been varied by agreement pursuant to regulation 14(1).