Notification of abandonment, cesser of use and beginning or resumption of use of pipe-lines or lengths thereof
59.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in any of the following events, namely—
(a)the beginning of the use of a pipe-line or a length thereof;
(b)the abandonment of a pipe-line or a length thereof;
(c)the expiration of 3 years from the date on which a pipe-line or a length thereof was last used;
(d)the resumption of the use of a pipe-line or a length thereof after the abandonment of the line or length (as the case may be) or after the expiration of 3 years from the date on which it was last used,
the owner of the line shall, within 2 weeks after the happening of the event, give to the Department notice thereof specifying the date on which it happened and the line or length in question.
(2) Where a pipe-line or a length thereof is abandoned after the date on which the line or length (as the case may be) was last used but before the expiration of 3 years from that date, it shall not be necessary to give, under paragraph (1), notice of the expiration of that period.
(3) A person who fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.