60Construction etc. of pipelines etc.

60 Construction etc. of pipelines etc. (1) A person shall not, in the adjacent area: reconstruction, of a pipeline; or (b) operate a pipeline, except under and in accordance with a pipeline licence. (2) A person shall not, in the adjacent area: reconstruction, of a secondary line or water line; or (b) operate a secondary line or water line, except with and in accordance with a consent in writing of the (3) A person shall not, in the adjacent area: reconstruction, of a pumping station, tank station or valve station; or (b) operate a pumping station, tank station or valve station,

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 64 except under and in accordance with a pipeline licence or with and in accordance with a consent in writing of the Minister. (4) A person shall not, in the adjacent area, commence to operate a pipeline, a secondary line or a water line unless: (a) in the case of a pipeline, it has been constructed and tested in accordance with the pipeline licence; (b) in the case of a secondary line or water line it has been constructed and tested in accordance with a consent in writing of the Minister; and (c) the Minister has certified in writing that he is satisfied that the pipeline, secondary line or water line, as the case may be, has been so constructed and tested and is fit to be operated. (5) A person shall not, in the adjacent area, recommence to operate a pipeline, a secondary line or a water line, the previous operation of which was discontinued, except with and in accordance with a consent in writing of the Minister. (6) The Minister may refuse to give a consent or certificate for the purposes of this section and, where he gives a consent, may attach conditions to it.

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