71Variation by the Joint Authority of pipeline licence on application by pipeline licensee

#### 71 Variation by the Joint Authority of pipeline licence on application by pipeline licensee (1) A pipeline licensee may, at any time, make an application to the Designated Authority for the variation by the Joint Authority of the pipeline licence. (2) An application under this section: (b) shall be made in an approved manner; (c) shall be accompanied by particulars of the proposed variation; (d) shall specify the reasons for the proposed variation; and (e) shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. (3) The Designated Authority may, at any time, by instrument in writing served on a person who has made an application under this section, require him to furnish, within the period specified in the instrument, further information in writing in connexion with his application. (4) The Designated Authority shall, in a notice published in the Gazette of an application under this section, specify a period within which a person may submit to the Designated Authority, in writing, any matters that he wishes the Joint Authority to consider in connexion with the application. (5) After considering any matters submitted to the Designated Authority under subsection (4), the Joint Authority may, by instrument in writing, vary the pipeline licence to such extent as it thinks necessary or may refuse to vary the pipeline licence.