Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Pipe-lines) Order 1999 and shall come into force 28 days after the day on which it is made.
Amendment of the Pipe-lines Act 1962
2. The Pipe-lines Act 1962 shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in the Schedule to this Order.
Transitional Provisions
3. Nothing in this Order affects the operation of the Pipe-lines Act 1962 in relation to–
(a)the execution of works begun before the date on which this Order comes into force;
(b)the execution of works in any other case under a pipe-line construction or diversion authorisation which has been granted before that date or for which an application has been received by the Secretary of State before that date;
(c)an application for, or the grant of, a pipe-line construction or diversion authorisation, where the application for the authorisation has been received by the Secretary of State before that date;
(d)the revocation under section 12(5) of that Act of a compulsory rights order where a pipe-line diversion authorisation becomes of no effect.
John Battle
Minister for Energy and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
6th March 1999