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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/125</dc:identifier><dc:title>Energy Act 2013</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision for the setting of a decarbonisation target range and duties in relation to it; for or in connection with reforming the electricity market for purposes of encouraging low carbon electricity generation or ensuring security of supply; for the establishment and functions of the Office for Nuclear Regulation; about the government pipe-line and storage system and rights exercisable in relation to it; about the designation of a strategy and policy statement; about domestic supplies of gas and electricity; for extending categories of activities for which energy licences are required; for the making of orders requiring regulated persons to provide redress to consumers of gas or electricity; about offshore transmission of electricity during a commissioning period; for imposing fees in connection with certain costs incurred by the Secretary of State; about smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-10-30</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2024-10-01</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 4</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Government Pipe-line and Storage System</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2015-04-30"><Title>Right to transfer the government pipe-line and storage system</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/125" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/32/section/125" id="section-125"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-97d0e655b863453ac8d4609c44d63331"/>125</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1" id="section-125-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Secretary of State may—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1/a" id="section-125-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>sell or lease the government pipe-line and storage system or any part of it;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1/b" id="section-125-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>transfer for valuable consideration or otherwise the ownership of the system or any part of it;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1/c" id="section-125-1-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>transfer for valuable consideration or otherwise any right relating to the system or any part of it (whether a right conferred by this Part or otherwise);</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/1/d" id="section-125-1-d"><Pnumber>d</Pnumber><P3para><Text>transfer any liability relating to the system or any part of it.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/32/section/125/2" id="section-125-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Any sale, lease or transfer by virtue of subsection (1) may be subject to such conditions, if any, as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-97d0e655b863453ac8d4609c44d63331" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-125" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/32/section/125" id="c3pkvacj2-00061">S. 125</CitationSubRef> in force at 30.4.2015  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/817" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2015" Number="817" Title="The Energy Act 2013 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2015" id="c3pkvacj2-00062">S.I. 2015/817</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/817/article/2/a" CitationRef="c3pkvacj2-00062" Operative="true" id="c3pkvacj2-00063">art. 2(a)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>