6 Power of the Minister to direct that section 1, instead of section 2, shall apply to local pipe-lines.E+W+S
(1)The Minister shall have power (exercisable by statutory instrument) by order to direct—
(a)that section one of this Act shall, to the exclusion of section two thereof, apply to works for the construction of local pipe-lines of a class specified in the order (other than pipe-lines for whose construction works have lawfully been begun, or might lawfully have been begun, before the date on which the order comes into operation) as it applies to works for the construction of cross-country pipe-lines; or
(b)that section one of this Act shall, to the exclusion of section two thereof, apply to works for the construction of local pipe-lines any part of the route taken by which lies within an area specified in the order or within an area of such class as is so specified (other than pipe-lines for whose construction works have lawfully been begun, or might lawfully have been begun, before the date on which the order comes into operation) as it applies to works for the construction of cross-country pipe-lines.
(2)No order shall be made under this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.