The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 4) Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/752
• Sections: 4

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 4) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st June 1989.

Section 2

In this Order–

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

“ Leman BT ” means the offshore installation known as the Leman 49/26 BT platform, which is situated above the Leman gasfield, east of the coast of Norfolk;

“the platform apparatus” means all of the apparatus and works of a kind specified in paragraph (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of section 33(1) of the Act which are part of the pipe-line and attached to Leman BT;

“the pipe-line” means so much of the 30 inch pipe-line brought into use during 1974 which lies between Leman BT and the terminal situated at Bacton in the county of Norfolk as is a controlled pipe-line; and

“the riser” means that section of the pipe-line which connects Leman BT to a section of the pipe-line lying in, or in close proximity to, the sea-bed and extending outwards from Leman BT.

Section 3

For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), the platform apparatus and the riser shall together be treated as a pipe-line and the remainder of the pipe-line shall be treated as a separate pipe-line.

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 riser, and the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule are hereby designated as the owners of the remainder of the pipe-line.