SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Amendments consequential on development consent regime

Pipe-lines Act 1962 (c. 58)

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1

Section 1 (cross-country pipe-lines not to be constructed without authorisation) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (1) insert—

1ZA

Subsection (1) is subject to section 33(1) of the Planning Act 2008 (exclusion of requirement for other consents for development for which development consent required).

3

In subsection (1A)(b) for “pipe-line which is the subject of a pipe-line construction authorisation” substitute “ nationally significant pipe-line ”.

4

After subsection (1A) insert—

1B

For the purposes of subsection (1A), a pipe-line is a nationally significant pipe-line if—

a

its construction has been authorised by a pipe-line construction authorisation, or

b

development consent under the Planning Act 2008 is required for its construction by virtue of section 14(1)(g) of that Act, and has been granted.