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(1)No person may carry on an activity within subsection (3) except in accordance with a licence.
(2)But subsection (1) is subject to section 3.
(3)The activities are—
(a)the use of a controlled place for the unloading of gas to an installation or pipeline;
(b)the use of a controlled place for the storage of gas;
(c)the conversion of any natural feature in a controlled place for the purpose of storing gas;
(d)the recovery of gas stored in a controlled place;
(e)the exploration of a controlled place with a view to, or in connection with, the carrying on of activities within paragraphs (a) to (d);
(f)the establishment or maintenance in a controlled place of an installation for the purposes of activities within this subsection.
(4)In this section—
“controlled place” means a place in, under or over—
the territorial sea, or
waters in a Gas Importation and Storage Zone (within the meaning of section 1(5));
“gas” means any combustible substance which is gaseous at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa (1013.25 mb) and which consists wholly or mainly of—
methane,
ethane,
propane,
butane,
a substance designated for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State, or
a mixture of two or more of the substances mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e).
Commencement Information
I1S. 2 in force at 13.11.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/2809, art. 2 (with arts. 3, 4)