The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 15) Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/865
• Sections: 4

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 15) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 12th June 1989.

Section 2

In this Order–

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

“the platform” means the offshore installation known as the Leman 49/27 BT platform, which is situated above the Leman Bank gas field east of the coast of Norfolk;

“the platform apparatus” means all 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 1970 Bacton pipe-line and attached to the platform;

“the riser” means that part of the 1970 Bacton pipe-line which connects the platform to that part of the 1970 Bacton pipe-line lying in, or in close proximity to, the sea-bed and extending outwards from the platform;

“the 1970 Bacton pipe-line” means so much of the 30 inch pipe-line, brought into use in 1970 and lying between the platform and the Amoco Terminal situated at Bacton in the county of Norfolk, as is a controlled pipe-line.

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 1970 Bacton 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 owners of the remainder of the 1970 Bacton pipe-line.