12Conditions of licence

##### 12. Conditions of licence (1) A licence may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the licence. (2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) may include a condition that the licensee shall complete the construction of, and commence to operate, the pipeline within the period specified in the licence. (3) Subject to subsection (4), the licence is subject to a condition that the licensee shall not commence or cause to be commenced the construction of the proposed pipeline specified therein over any part of the licence area unless he has first acquired all the lands in that part of the licence area or a lease, licence or other authority over the lands and acquired and registered all such easements over those lands as are necessary for him to lawfully construct that pipeline over those lands or part thereof and to have the right of access thereto. (4) Where the Minister is satisfied that the licensee has acquired any such easement and is unable to register it, through circumstances beyond his control, the licensee, with the prior consent in writing of the Minister, may, pending the registration of the easement, commence or cause to be commenced the construction of the proposed pipeline over the land to which the easement relates, on such terms and conditions relating to the registration of the easement as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the instrument of consent. [Section 12 amended: No. 42 of 1970 s. 2; No. 10 of 1983 s. 3; No. 12 of 1990 s. 126; No. 28 of 1994 s. 68.]