The Gas (Designation of Pipelines) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 8(1) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (“the 1996 Order”) authorises the holder of the licences issued under—

(a) Sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph to participate in the conveyance of gas from one place to another; and

(b) Under sub-paragraph (c) of that paragraph to store gas.

These licences are subject to standard conditions. There are also conditions attaching to particular licences. Article 60(1) of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 provides for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, after consultation with the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation, to modify the conditions of particular licences or the standard conditions where it considers it necessary or expedient to do so for the purpose of implementing or facilitating the operation of arrangements designed to secure that prices charged in connection with the conveyance of gas through certain designated pipelines are in accordance with a common tariff which does not distinguish (whether directly or indirectly) between different parts of Northern Ireland or the extent of use of any such pipelines. Article 2 and the Schedule to this Order designates a pipeline to which this power of modification applies.

The pipeline in the Schedule is designated from the date of coming into operation of the Order until the date specified opposite the reference to the pipeline in the Schedule. However, the Order specifies certain events on the happening of which the Order will cease to have effect. These events are set out in Article 3.

This pipeline was previously designated under the Gas (Designation of Pipelines) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 but that designation ceased to have effect by virtue of Article 3 of that Order when the licence granted under Article 8(1)(a) of the 1996 Order authorising the licence holder to convey gas through that pipeline was assigned.