Part 1

Gas Importation and Storage
Chapter 2

Importation and storage of combustible gas

Activities requiring a licence

Exception for activities carried on partly on land etc
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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—
  1. land in England;
  2. land in Wales;
  3. land in Scotland landward of the low water mark;
- “well” includes a borehole.
S. 3 in force at 13.11.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/2809, art. 2 (with art. 4)