24Application of Part III
(1)Where no initial or terminal point of a pipeline is situated in the United Kingdom or controlled waters, the pipeline shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Part of this Act except this subsection and subsection (2).
(2)The Secretary of State may by order provide that specified provisions of this Part of this Act shall apply, subject to such modifications (if any) as are specified, to the whole or any part of a pipeline of a kind mentioned in subsection (1); but an order under this subsection shall contain only such provisions as the Secretary of State considers are consistent with the jurisdiction which belongs to the United Kingdom under international law.
(3)The Secretary of State may in regulations provide that specified provisions of this Part of this Act shall not apply to a pipeline of a specified kind or shall not apply to such a pipeline while any specified condition is satisfied.
(4)In this section “specified”, in relation to an order or regulations, means specified in the order or, as the case may be, the regulations.
(5)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) or regulations under subsection (3) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.