sec.16What is a pipeline

### sec.16 What is a pipeline A pipeline is a pipe, or system of pipes, for transporting— generally—petroleum, fuel gas, produced water, prescribed storage gases or regulated hydrogen; and GHG streams; and substances prescribed under section 402 . There is no automatic right to use a pipeline for a substance mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) . A condition of a pipeline licence may extend the licence holder’s rights to include those substances. See sections 401 and 402 . A reference to a pipeline includes— a part of the pipeline, including the pipeline’s end points; and a thing connected to or associated with the pipeline that is necessary for its operation. meter stations, scraper stations, valve stations, pumping stations or compressor stations plant and equipment, machinery and tanks corrosion protection apparatus communications equipment and towers A pipeline’s end points are— if the pipeline has not operated for the first time—the points at which a substance mentioned in subsection (1) will enter or exit the pipeline on the day the pipeline first operates; or otherwise—the points at which the substance enters or exits the pipeline. s 16 amd 2004 No. 26 s 72 ; 2009 No. 3 s 537 ; 2012 No. 20 s 77 ; 2014 No. 47 s 597 ; 2023 No. 25 s 15 (sec.16-ssec.1) A pipeline is a pipe, or system of pipes, for transporting— generally—petroleum, fuel gas, produced water, prescribed storage gases or regulated hydrogen; and GHG streams; and substances prescribed under section 402 . There is no automatic right to use a pipeline for a substance mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) . A condition of a pipeline licence may extend the licence holder’s rights to include those substances. See sections 401 and 402 . (sec.16-ssec.2) A reference to a pipeline includes— a part of the pipeline, including the pipeline’s end points; and a thing connected to or associated with the pipeline that is necessary for its operation. meter stations, scraper stations, valve stations, pumping stations or compressor stations plant and equipment, machinery and tanks corrosion protection apparatus communications equipment and towers (sec.16-ssec.3) A pipeline’s end points are— if the pipeline has not operated for the first time—the points at which a substance mentioned in subsection (1) will enter or exit the pipeline on the day the pipeline first operates; or otherwise—the points at which the substance enters or exits the pipeline. - (a) generally—petroleum, fuel gas, produced water, prescribed storage gases or regulated hydrogen; and - (b) GHG streams; and - (c) substances prescribed under section 402 . - (a) a part of the pipeline, including the pipeline’s end points; and - (b) a thing connected to or associated with the pipeline that is necessary for its operation. Examples of things that may be included in a reference to a pipeline— • meter stations, scraper stations, valve stations, pumping stations or compressor stations • plant and equipment, machinery and tanks • corrosion protection apparatus • communications equipment and towers - • meter stations, scraper stations, valve stations, pumping stations or compressor stations - • plant and equipment, machinery and tanks - • corrosion protection apparatus - • communications equipment and towers - • meter stations, scraper stations, valve stations, pumping stations or compressor stations - • plant and equipment, machinery and tanks - • corrosion protection apparatus - • communications equipment and towers - (a) if the pipeline has not operated for the first time—the points at which a substance mentioned in subsection (1) will enter or exit the pipeline on the day the pipeline first operates; or - (b) otherwise—the points at which the substance enters or exits the pipeline.