5Application for permit

5 Application for permit (1) Where a person desires to construct a pipeline, he may apply to the Minister for a permit to enter land for the purpose of determining the route of the proposed pipeline, the situation of proposed apparatus or works and the land, if any, to be used for the purpose of gaining access to the proposed pipeline and proposed apparatus or works. (2) An application under subsection (1): (b) shall identify the points of commencement and termination of the pipeline and specify, by reference to its title number, the land which the applicant wishes to enter upon; (c) shall be accompanied by the prescribed maps, showing the location on the land specified under paragraph (b) of: (i) the approximate proposed route of the pipeline; (ii) the approximate proposed situation of apparatus or works, if known; and (iii) land which the applicant desires to enter to determine the land which might be used for the purpose of gaining access to the pipeline and apparatus or works; (d) shall be accompanied by details of any agreement entered into, or proposed to be entered into, by the applicant relating to his entry onto the land specified under paragraph (b); Energy Pipelines Act 1981 8 (e) may set out other matters, including details of his financial resources and technical competence, that the applicant wishes the Minister to consider; and (f) shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation. (3) An applicant for a permit shall, if required to do so by an instrument in writing served on him at any time by the Minister, furnish to the Minister within the time specified in the instrument, such further information in writing in connection with his application as is specified in the instrument.