SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Upstream petroleum infrastructure: minor and consequential amendments
Pipe-lines Act 1962
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In section 9A (provisions for securing that an additional pipe-line is so constructed as to reduce necessity for construction of other pipe-lines)—
a
in subsection (8) for the words from “applications” to the end substitute
with respect to the proposed pipe-line—
a
an application of a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of section 82 of the Energy Act 2011 (acquisition of rights to use upstream petroleum infrastructure), and
b
if applicable, an application under subsection (4) of that section.
b
after subsection (8) insert—
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For the purposes of an application made with respect to a proposed pipe-line by virtue of subsection (8)—
a
sections 82 and 83 of the Energy Act 2011 shall have effect as if—
i
references to a pipe-line were references to the proposed pipe-line as it would be once constructed in accordance with the notice served under subsection (1) of this section;
ii
references to the owner of a pipe-line were reference to the proposed owner of the proposed pipeline;
b
section 84 of the Energy Act 2011 shall be disregarded.