SCHEDULE 6PREMISES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL SEA

Pipelines4

1

This paragraph applies to and in relation to –

a

any pipeline;

b

any pipeline works;

c

the following activities in connection with pipeline works –

i

the loading, unloading, fuelling or provisioning of a vessel;

ii

the loading, unloading, fuelling, repair and maintenance of an aircraft in a vessel,

being in either case a vessel which is engaged in pipeline works.

2

In this paragraph –

  • “pipeline” means a pipe or system of pipes for the conveyance of any thing, together with –

    1. a

      any apparatus for inducing or facilitating the flow of any thing through, or through part of, the pipe or system;

    2. b

      any apparatus for treating or cooling any thing which is to flow through, or through part of, the pipe or system;

    3. c

      valves, valve chambers and similar works which are annexed to, or incorporated in the course of, the pipe or system;

    4. d

      apparatus for supplying energy for the operation of any such apparatus or works as are mentioned in heads (a) to (c);

    5. e

      apparatus for the transmission of information for the operation of the pipe or system;

    6. f

      apparatus for the cathodic protection of the pipe or system; and

    7. g

      a structure used or to be used solely for the support of a part of the pipe or system;

    but not including a pipeline of which no initial or terminal point is situated in the United Kingdom, within the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, or within a designated area;

  • “pipeline works” means –

    1. a

      assembling or placing a pipeline or length of pipeline including the provision of internal or external protection for it;

    2. b

      inspecting, testing, maintaining, adjusting, repairing, altering or renewing a pipeline or length of pipeline;

    3. c

      changing the position of or dismantling or removing a pipeline or length of pipeline;

    4. d

      opening the bed of the sea for the purposes of the works mentioned in heads (a) to (c), and tunnelling or boring for those purposes;

    5. e

      any activities incidental to the activities described in heads (a) to (d);

    6. f

      a diving operation in connection with any of the works mentioned in heads (a) to (e) or for the purpose of determining whether a place is suitable as part of the site of a proposed pipeline and the carrying out of surveying operations for settling the route of a proposed pipeline.