The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) Order 1989

Made: 9th January 1989

Coming into force: 1st February 1989

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33(3) of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975[^f00001] (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after giving those persons affected an opportunity of being heard with respect to the matter, hereby makes the following Order:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st February 1989.

2

For the purposes of Part III of the Act, each person specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto is hereby designated as the owner of so much of the pipe-line specified in Part II of the Schedule hereto as is a controlled pipe-line and the owner of each of the controlled pipe-lines specified in Part III of the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

PART I — designated owners

• International Thomson p.l.c., whose registered office is at 25 Charlotte Square, EdinburghEH2 4EZ.

• Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd., whose registered office is at 16 Palace Street, LondonSW1E 5BQ.

• Texaco Britain Ltd., whose registered office is at 1 Knightsbridge Green, London SW1X 7QJ.

• Union Texas Petroleum Ltd., whose registered office is at Bowater House, 68 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LR.

PART II — description of pipe-line

PART III — description of pipe-lines

Signed

Peter Morrison — Minister of State, — Department of Energy — 9th January 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the companies listed in Part I of the Schedule as the owners of the pipe-lines described in Parts II and III of the Schedule. In the case of the pipe-line specified in Part II, the designation applies only to that part which is in controlled waters, that is the territorial sea and areas designated under the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29).

The pipe-line described in Part II lies between the Piper oilfield, situated east of the Highland Region of Scotland, and the oil terminal at Flotta in the Orkney Islands. The pipe-lines referred to in Part III lie between the Claymore and Scapa oilfields, also situated east of the Highland Region of Scotland.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1975 c. 74.