Pipelines6
1
The prescribed provisions of the 1974 Act apply within the territorial sea or a designated area to and in relation to—
a
any pipeline;
b
any pipeline works;
c
the following activities in connection with pipeline works—
i
the loading, unloading, fuelling or provisioning of a vessel engaged in pipeline works;
ii
the loading, unloading, fuelling, repair and maintenance of an aircraft on a vessel engaged in pipeline works; or
iii
the moving, supporting, laying or retrieving of anchors attached to a pipe-laying vessel including the supervision of those activities and giving of instruction in connection with them.
2
In this article—
“pipeline” means a pipe or system of pipes for the conveyance of any thing, together with—
- a
any apparatus for inducing or facilitating the flow of any thing through, or through part of, the pipe or system;
- b
any apparatus for treating or cooling any thing which is to flow through, or through part of, the pipe or system;
- c
valves, valve chambers and similar works which are annexed to, or incorporated in the course of, the pipe or system;
- d
apparatus for supplying energy for the operation of any such apparatus or works as are mentioned in the preceding paragraphs;
- e
apparatus for the transmission of information for the operation of the pipe or system;
- f
apparatus for the cathodic protection of the pipe or system; and
- g
a structure used or to be used solely for the support of a part of the pipe or system,
- a
but not including a pipeline of which no initial or terminal point is situated in the United Kingdom, within the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, or within a designated area;
“pipeline works” means—
- a
assembling or placing a pipeline or length of pipeline including the provision of internal or external protection for it;
- b
inspecting, testing, maintaining, adjusting, repairing, altering or renewing a pipeline or length of pipeline;
- c
changing the position of or dismantling or removing a pipeline or length of pipeline;
- d
opening the bed of the sea for the purposes of the works mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of this definition, and tunnelling or boring for those purposes;
- e
any activities incidental to the activities described in sub-paragraph (a) to (d) of this definition;
- f
a diving project in connection with any of the works mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of this definition or for the purpose of determining whether a place is suitable as part of the site of a proposed pipeline and the carrying out of surveying operations for settling the route of a proposed pipeline.
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