3Exception for activities carried on partly on land etcU.K.
(1)This Chapter does not apply in relation to—
(a)the use of a controlled place for the unloading of gas to an installation which is connected with land by a permanent structure providing access at all times and for all purposes;
(b)the conversion of a natural feature of which part is in a controlled place and part under land, if the operations necessary for the conversion take place wholly or mainly on, over or under land;
(c)the use of a place for the storage of gas, or the recovery of gas so stored, where—
(i)the gas was, or is to be, introduced into the store by means of a well on land, and
(ii)part of the place is a controlled place and part is under land;
(d)the establishment or maintenance of an installation for the purposes of activities falling within paragraph (a).
(2)In this section—
“land” means—
(a)land in England;
(b)land in Wales;
(c)land in Scotland landward of the low water mark;
“well” includes a borehole.
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 in force at 13.11.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/2809, art. 2 (with art. 4)