41Register of licences to be kept

41 Register of licences to be kept

41 Register of licences to be kept

(1) For the purposes of this Part, the Secretary shall keep a register of licences.

(2) The Secretary shall cause to be entered in the register a memorial in respect of each licence—

(a) specifying the name of the holder of the licence,

(b) (Repealed)

(c) setting out an accurate description (including a map) of the licence area, the route of the pipeline authorised by the licence and the situation of any apparatus or works,

(d) specifying the term of the licence,

(e) setting out such other matters as are required by this Part to be entered in the register, and

(f) setting out such further matters relating to the licensee or to the terms and conditions of the licence as the Secretary deems proper and expedient in the public interest.

(3) The Secretary shall cause to be entered in the register a memorial—

(a) of any instrument varying, cancelling, surrendering or otherwise affecting a licence,

(b) of any instrument varying or revoking an instrument referred to in paragraph (a), and

(c) of the expiration of a licence.

(4) It is a sufficient compliance with the requirements of subsection (2) or (3) if the Secretary causes a copy of the licence or instrument to be entered in the register.

(5) A licence or instrument shall be deemed to be registered as soon as a memorial complying with subsection (2) or (3), as the case may be, or a copy of the licence or instrument, has been entered in the register.

(6) The Secretary shall cause to be endorsed on the memorial or copy of the licence or instrument a memorandum of the date upon which the memorial or copy was entered in the register.

(7) An instrument a memorial of which is required by this section to be entered in the register is of no force until the memorial is so entered.

s 41: Am 1977 No 17, Sch 1; 1985 No 217, Sch 1 (4); 2006 No 35, Sch 1 [81]–[88].