| Guvnor

Enforced by: NSTA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 1 of 28 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 3 carry different penalties and 24 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person15 Landlord1 Director or Officer1

Plus 11 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Landlord — also bound by 238 other Acts

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 74 duties

Housing Act 1985 55 duties

Housing Act 1996 30 duties

The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 27 duties

The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004 26 duties

Director or Officer — also bound by 482 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 162 duties

Companies Act 2006 126 duties

Insolvency Act 1986 77 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 68 duties

Building Societies Act 1986 32 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.001 Cross-country pipe-lines not to be constructed without the Minister’s authority. Prosecution

Construct cross-country pipeline without authorisationAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.010 Provisions for securing that a pipe-line is so used as to reduce necessity for construction of others. Regulated

Let third parties use your pipeline when the Minister requires itAny Person

s.010 Additional provisions relating to certain gas pipe-lines. Regulated

Publish non-discriminatory gas pipeline access terms annuallyAny Person

s.014 Compensation in respect of compulsory rights orders. Regulated

Pay compensation for depreciation or loss caused by compulsory rights orderLandlord

s.026 Availability of funds. Prosecution

Use or test pipeline while funds prohibition notice in forceAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.035 Deposit of maps of pipe-lines with local authorities. Regulated

Deposit pipe-line route maps with each affected local authorityAny Person

s.036 Notification of abandonment, cesser of use and resumption of use of pipe-lines or lengths thereof. Regulated

Notify Minister of pipeline use, abandonment or resumptionAny Person

s.037 Fire-brigades, police, &c., to be notified of certain pipe-line accidents and to be furnished with information. Regulated

Arrange immediate notification of pipeline escapes or ignitionAny Person

s.038 Notification of change of ownership of pipe-line. Regulated

Notify Minister and affected landowners of pipeline ownership changeAny Person

s.039 Avoidance of obstruction or danger to navigation by pipe-lines over or under harbour waters. Regulated

Get harbour authority consent before laying pipelines in harbour watersAny Person

s.040 Avoidance of interference with telegraphic, &c., lines. Regulated

Prevent pipeline electrical apparatus causing interferenceAny Person

s.043 Preservation of amenity. Regulated

Assess impact of proposed pipeline works on amenity and heritageAny Person

s.045 Obligation to restore agricultural land. Regulated

Restore agricultural land after pipe-line worksAny Person

s.046 Penalties for uttering false documents and giving false information. Imprisonment

Submit false pipeline authorisation documents or informationAny Person

s.051 Provisions as to ecclesiastical property. Regulated

Serve documents on and pay compensation to the Diocesan Board for Church landAny Person

s.054 Offences by corporations. Regulated

Consent to or neglect a corporate pipeline offenceDirector or Officer

s.058 Avoidance of damage by buildings Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Local authority must keep gas pipeline maps open for free public inspectionLocal authority

s.067 General application to Scotland. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Minister must record compulsory rights orders in the Register of SasinesCrown / Minister / Government department

65 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.002 Control of Construction of Pipe-lines

s.003 Control of Construction of Pipe-lines

s.004 Power of the Minister to secure the removal of works executed in contravention of section 1.

s.005 Provisions with respect to planning permission concerning pipe-lines.

s.006 Power of the Minister to direct that section 1, instead of section 2, shall apply to local pipe-lines.

s.007 Control of Construction of Pipe-lines

s.008 Control of Construction of Pipe-lines

s.009 Provisions for securing that a pipe-line is so constructed as to reduce necessity for construction of others.

s.009 Provisions for securing that an additional pipe-line is so constructed as to reduce necessity for construction of other pipe-lines—.

s.010 Diversions of pipe-lines subject to requirements under section 9 or 10

s.010 Application of section 10C to certain gas pipe-lines.

s.010 Enforcement of certain duties in section 10C.

s.010 Provisions for securing that upstream petroleum pipe-lines are so used as to reduce necessity for construction of others.

s.010 Section 10E: supplemental.

s.010 Compulsory modifications of pipe-lines

s.010 Enforcement

s.011 Orders for compulsory acquisition of land for pipe-line construction.

s.012 Orders for compulsory acquisition of rights over land for pipe-line construction.

s.012 Orders for compulsory acquisition of rights over land: pipe-lines for conveying carbon dioxide

s.013 Power of Minister to attach conditions to compulsory rights orders.

s.015 Power to place pipe-lines in streets.

s.016 Modification of street works or road works provisions.

s.017 Modification of the code in Part II of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950, in its application to pipe-line works in streets.

s.018 Restriction on breaking up, for execution of pipe-line works, highways in London Traffic Area recently closed for repair.

s.019 Pipe-lines in Streets

s.020 † Power of the Minister to impose requirements with respect to mode of construction, &c., of pipe-lines.

s.021 Enforcement of requirements imposed under section 20.

s.022 Prohibition of use of length of pipe-line not complying with requirements imposed under section 20.

s.023 Power of the Minister to impose requirements with respect to examination, repair, &c., of pipe-lines.

s.024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.025 Power of the Minister to cause steps to be taken for rendering pipe-line, or length thereof, safe on abandonment or cesser of use.

s.026 † Prohibition of change of use of pipe-line without previous notice to the Minister.

s.027 Power of the Minister, where pipe-line imperilled by building or structure, to order demolition thereof or execution of remedial works.

s.028 Time of operation and effect of demolition order.

s.029 Execution of remedial works by the Minister in default of compliance with order to execute them, and recovery of expenses incurred in executing such works.

s.030 Recovery of possession of building or part of building to be demolished.

s.031 Power of the Minister to remove deposits imperilling pipe-line.

s.032 Compensation in respect of restrictions under sections 27 and 31.

s.033 Notification of certain accidents.

s.034 Notification and Investigation of Accidents

s.041 Provisions for avoiding Obstructions to Navigation and Interference with telegraphic, &c., Lines

s.042 Supplementary Provisions

s.044 Protection of water against pollution.

s.047 Provisions as to inquiries and hearings.

s.048 Determination by tribunal of questions as to compensation.

s.049 Service of documents.

s.050 Provisions as to requirements and prohibitions imposed under this Act.

s.052 Reckoning of periods.

s.053 Regulations.

s.055 Supplementary Provisions

s.056 Supplementary Provisions

s.057 Supplementary Provisions

s.058 Exclusion of application of Act to, and in relation to, pipe-lines of certain statutory bodies.

s.058 Exclusion of application of Act to construction of small pipes.

s.059 Exclusion of application of Act to, and in relation to, certain pipe-lines of railway undertakers, &c.

s.060 Exclusion of application of Act to, and in relation to pipe-lines in factories, mine or quarry premises or petroleum depots.

s.061 Exclusion of application of Act to, and in relation to, dock, &c., pipe-lines.

s.062 References in sections twenty-seven and thirty-one of this Act to...

s.063 Exclusion of application of certain provisions of Act to pipe-lines whose construction has been begun or authorised by Act.

s.064 Power of Minister to exclude application of

s.065 Meaning of “pipe-line”.

s.066 General interpretation provisions.

s.068 Expenses and receipts.

s.069 Saving for law of nuisance.

s.070 Short title, extent and commencement.

Schedules

10 of 31 shown

s.schedule first para.2 Where an application for the grant of a pipe-line construction... Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Minister must consider and give notice on pipeline authorisation applicationsCrown / Minister / Government department

s.schedule first para.4 (1) Where the proper notices concerning an application for the... Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State must consider valid objections before granting pipeline authorisationCrown / Minister / Government department

s.schedule first para.4a (1) Where the Secretary of State decides under paragraph 4... Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State must manage pipeline objection procedure and notify partiesCrown / Minister / Government department

s.schedule first para.5 Where the Minister refuses an application for the grant of... Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Minister must give written reasons for refusing pipeline authorisationCrown / Minister / Government department

s.schedule first para.6a (1) A pipe-line construction authorisation shall not authorise the execution... Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State must consider objections to modified pipeline routesCrown / Minister / Government department

s.schedule first para.8a (1) Where no notice has been received under paragraph 4A(2)... Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State must run written representations procedureCrown / Minister / Government department

s.schedule second para.2 Where an application for a compulsory purchase order is duly... Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Consider compulsory purchase applications and notify decisionCrown / Minister / Government department

s.schedule second para.4 (1) Where the proper notices concerning an application for the... Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Minister must hold inquiry or hear objections before granting compulsory purchase orderCrown / Minister / Government department

s.schedule second para.5 Where the Minister refuses to make a compulsory purchase order,... Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Minister must give written reasons for refusing a compulsory purchase orderCrown / Minister / Government department

s.schedule second para.7 (1) There shall be annexed to every compulsory purchase order... Regulated

Publish and serve compulsory purchase order notices and mapsAny Person

21 other schedules

s.schedule first para.1 An application for the grant of a pipe-line construction authorisation...

s.schedule first para.3 (1) Where an applicant for the grant of a pipe-line...

s.schedule first para.6 (1) A pipe-line construction authorisation may authorise the execution of...

s.schedule first para.6b The Minister may if he thinks fit cause a public...

s.schedule first para.7 There shall be annexed to every pipe-line construction authorisation a...

s.schedule first para.8 In this Part of this Schedule “local planning authority” means...

s.schedule first para.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.schedule fourth para.1 A right for any person authorised by the person for...

s.schedule fourth para.2 A right to place, continue or renew markers for indicating...

s.schedule fourth para.3 A right to erect stiles, gates, bridges or culverts for...

s.schedule fourth para.4 A right to construct such works accessory to the pipe-line...

s.schedule fourth para.5 A right temporarily to place on the land comprised in...

s.schedule second para.1 An application for a compulsory purchase order must be made...

s.schedule second para.10 (1) The modifications subject to which Part I of this...

s.schedule second para.3 Where an applicant for a compulsory purchase order is given...

s.schedule second para.6 A compulsory purchase order may be made with or without...

s.schedule second para.8 Where application is made to the Minister for the making...

s.schedule second para.9 (1) If a person aggrieved by a compulsory purchase order...

s.schedule third para.1 . . . . . . . . . ....

s.schedule third para.3 In determining a question with respect to compensation claimed in...

s.schedule third para.4 In the application of this Schedule to Scotland, for references...

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Pipelines Act 1962

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