215Application for pipeline licence

215 Application for pipeline licence

(1) A person may apply to the Minister for the grant by the Minister of a pipeline licence.

(a) the proposed design and construction of the pipeline; and

(b) the proposed size and capacity of the pipeline; and

(c) the applicant's proposals for work and expenditure in relation to the construction of the pipeline; and

(d) the technical qualifications of the applicant and of the applicant's employees; and

(e) the technical advice available to the applicant; and

(f) the financial resources available to the applicant; and

(g) any agreements that the applicant—

(i) has entered into; or

(ii) proposes to enter into—

for, or in relation to, the supply or conveyance of petroleum or greenhouse gas substances by means of the pipeline.

(3) An application under this section must be accompanied by a plan, drawn to an approved scale, showing—

(a) the route to be followed by the pipeline; and

(b) the sites of pumping stations, tank stations and valve stations to be used in connection with the pipeline; and

(c) the site of any pumping station, tank station or valve station that the applicant wants to be declared under section 18 to be a terminal station in connection with the pipeline; and

(d) the location of any point that the applicant wants to be declared under section 19 to be a terminal point in connection with the pipeline.

4 If a pipeline licensee wants to alter the pipeline, the licensee will need to apply under section 224 for the variation of the licence.