10Variation of permit

10 Variation of permit (1) A permittee may apply to the Minister for a variation of the permit held by him so that it applies to additional land. Energy Pipelines Act 1981 12 (2) Sections 5(2) and (3) and 6 apply to and in relation to an application under subsection (1), in respect of the additional land referred to in that subsection, in the same way as those sections apply to and in relation to an application made under section 5(1). (3) Where, in respect of an application under subsection (1), the Minister is satisfied as to the matters referred to in section 8(1) and has taken into consideration the matters referred to in section 8(2), he may, by instrument in writing, vary the permit in respect of which the application was made so that it applies to: (a) the additional land specified in that application; or (b) such, if any, of that additional land as the Minister thinks fit. (4) In varying a permit under this section, the Minister may, as he thinks fit and specifies in the instrument referred to in subsection (3), add to or vary the conditions subject to which the permit was granted. (5) Land specified in an instrument referred to in subsection (3) shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be land specified in the permit to which that instrument relates as land in respect of which the holder of the permit may exercise the rights conferred thereby. (6) Where, under subsection (4), conditions are added to the conditions subject to which a permit was granted or conditions subject to which a permit was granted are varied, the additional conditions or the conditions as so varied shall be conditions subject to which the permit was granted.