The Gas Act 1986 (Exemption) (Onshore Gas) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/1726
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Gas Act 1986 (Exemption) (Onshore Gas) Order 2013 and comes into force on 12 th August 2013.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“ the Act ” means the Gas Act 1986;

“gas processing operations” means any of the following operations—

purifying, enrichment, blending, odorising or compressing gas for the purpose of enabling it to be introduced into a pipeline system operated by a gas transporter,

removing from gas for that purpose any of its constituent gases, through cleaning, scrubbing or particulate removal, or separating from gas for that purpose any oil or water,

determining the quantity or quality of gas for that purpose;

“landward areas” means the areas of Great Britain, and beneath the waters adjacent to Great Britain, which lie on the landward side of the lines drawn in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to the Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1995 ;

“onshore gas processing facility” means any facility which—

carries out gas processing operations in respect of gas extracted from or produced in landward areas only,

is not operated by a gas transporter, and

is not an LNG import or export facility.

Section 3 Exemption from section 5(1)(a) of the Act

A person (“A”) who conveys gas from an onshore gas processing facility to a pipeline system operated by a gas transporter is exempt from section 5(1)(a) of the Act in relation to that conveyance if the conditions specified in article 4 are satisfied.

Section 4 Conditions on exemption

The conditions are that—

(a) A does not convey the gas mentioned in article 3 to any premises; and

(b) the length of pipeline through which the gas mentioned in article 3 is conveyed does not exceed 16.043 kilometres between—

(i) the onshore gas processing facility at which gas processing operations are first carried out on that gas, and

(ii) the place at which that gas is introduced into a pipeline system operated by a gas transporter.