Section 16
of Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984
Section 16
It shall not be lawful for any person to undertake any pipeline works to be executed in or on land, on the surface of or underwater, onshore or offshore except under authorization granted by the
Minister, or otherwise than along the route delineated on the map annexed to the authorization or within such limits of lateral deviation from the route as may be prescribed in the authorization, or by a person other than the one named in the authorization.
(2)
The Minister shall have power to grant or to refuse an application for pipeline works authorization under subsection (1).
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(3)
(Deleted by Act A807).
(4)
If, after a pipeline works authorization has been granted and the works so authorized have not been substantially begun at the expiration of twelve months from the date on which it was granted or at the expiration of any extension of that period as allowed by the Minister, the authorization shall be of no effect, except as regards works previously executed.