No person shall place a length of pipe-line above or beneath the surface of waters over which a harbour authority have jurisdiction except with the consent of the authority and subject to such (if any) reasonable conditions as they may impose for securing that the length does not constitute an obstruction or danger to navigation.

A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding F2level 3 on the standard scale.

In this section “harbour authority” has the same meaning as in F3section 151 of the Merchant ShippingAct1995.

Electrical apparatus forming part of a pipe-line shall be so constructed, installed and used as to prevent interference with any F4F5electronic communications apparatus kept installed for the purposes of F6an electronic communications code network or with the service provided by any F7such network or with any apparatus used by railway undertakers for the purpose of signalling, or of controlling, directing or securing the safety of, traffic on their railway or the proper functioning of such apparatus.

Paragraph 23 of F9the electronic communications code (which provides a procedure for certain cases where works involve the alteration of F5electronic communications apparatus) shall apply, for the purposes of works in pursuance of a compulsory rights order, to the person authorised to execute those works.