Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975

49 Short title, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975.

(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and, without prejudice to the generality of section 46(1)(a) of this Act, different days may be appointed in pursuance of this subsection for different provisions of this Act and for such different purposes of the same provision as may be specified in the order.

(3) This Act, except Part II and Schedules 2 and 3, extends to Northern Ireland and the following provisions of this Act extend to controlled waters and places above and below those waters, namely,—

(a) Parts II and III and Schedules 2 and 3 ;

(b) sections 44 and 45 ; and

(c) sections 46 and 48 and this section so far as they relate to any provision mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection.