The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 33) Order 1989

1.  This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 33) Order 1989, and shall come into force on 19th January 1990.

2.  In this Order —

“the Act” means the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975;

“Auk A” means the offshore installation known as the Auk A platform, which is situated above the Auk oilfield, east of the Fife Region of Scotland;

“Fulmar A” means the offshore installation known as the Fulmar A platform, which is situated above the Fulmar oilfield, east of the Fife Region of Scotland;

“the pipe-line” means the 8 inch nominal diameter pipe brought into use during 1986, which lies between Auk A and Fulmar A and the apparatus and works associated therewith;

“the platform apparatus” means all of the apparatus and works of a kind specified in paragraph (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 33 (1) of the Act(1)which are part of the pipe-line and attached to Fulmar A; and

“the riser” means that section of the pipe-line which connects Fulmar A to a section of the pipe-line which lies in, or in close proximity to, the sea-bed and extends outwards from Fulmar A.

3.  For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), the platform apparatus and the riser shall together be treated as a pipe-line and the remainder of the pipe-line shall be treated as a separate pipe-line.

4.  For the purposes of Part III of the Act, the persons specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as the owners of the platform apparatus and the riser, and the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule are hereby designated as the owners of the remainder of the pipe-line.

Peter Morrison

Minister of State,

Department of Energy

22nd December 1989