The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 27) Order 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1561
• Sections: 4

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 27) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988.

Section 2

In this Order—

“ the Act ” means the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975;

“the Forties Charlie platform” means the offshore installation known as the Forties Charlie platform which is situated above the Forties oilfield east of the coast of Scotland;

“the Forties—Cruden Bay pipe-line” means so much of the 32 inch pipe-line which lies between the Forties Charlie platform and the terminal situated at Cruden Bay in the Grampian Region of Scotland as is a controlled pipe-line;

“the platform apparatus” means all the apparatus and works of a kind specified in paragraph (a), (aa), (c), (d) or (f) of section 33(1) of the Act which is or are both part of the Forties-Cruden Bay pipe-line and attached to the Forties Charlie platform.

Section 3

For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), the platform apparatus and the remainder of the Forties-Cruden Bay pipe-line shall be treated as separate pipe-lines.

Section 4

For the purposes of Part III of the Act, the persons specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as the owners of the platform apparatus and the person specified in Part II of the Schedule is hereby designated as owner of the remainder of the Forties-Cruden Bay pipe-line.