What is this notice?

• Advertises the granting of a pipe-line construction authorisation
• Advertises where the secretary of state feels a prospective pipeline scheme applicant is unlikely to have a negative impact upon the environment
• Advertises the detail of a pipeline applicant's EIA application, environmental statement and any further information
• Advertises a licence to search, bore for and get petroleum that has been granted by the secretary of state where he/she has made regulations that have been made by statutory instrument, specifically noting the name of the licensee and the situation of the area in respect of which the licence has been granted
• Advertises when an authorisation with regards to a controlled submarine pipeline is terminated
• Advertises where the secretary of state decides to reject a pipeline works application.
• Advertises a pipeline works authorisation has been granted by the secretary of state (without the need for a statutory instrument)
• Advertises a pipeline authorisation (other than works authorisation) has been granted by the secretary of state (without the need for a statutory instrument)
• Advertises a notice of a decision by the secretary of state in relation to an application for a grant of consent accompanied by an environmental statement
• Advertises a decision by the secretary of state that as an applicant has already complied with an environmental impact assessment statement under Regulation 5, there is no need for further environmental statements
• Advertises the any decision regarding the approval pursuant to a licence of a project which entails the carrying out of a relevant project in respect of which an environmental statement was submitted to the secretary of state; particulars of the exercise by the secretary of state of any powers pursuant to a licence requiring the carrying out of a relevant project in respect of which an environmental statement was submitted to the secretary of state; or any decision that an environmental statement is not to be required in connection with the giving of an approval or the imposition of a relevant requirement

What legislation does it relate to?

• Pipe-lines Act 1962 (Sch. I, Pt. I, S.3)
• The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000 (Reg. 4 (7))
• The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (Reg. 8 (f)(5)(a))
• Petroleum Act 1998 (S.4 (4))
• Petroleum Act 1998 (S.18 (9))
• Petroleum Act 1998 (Sch. II, Pt. I, S.8 (2)(b))
• Petroleum Act 1998 (Sch. II, Pt. I, S.9 (3))
• Petroleum Act 1998 (Sch. II, Pt. II, S.10)
• The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 (Reg. 5 (8))
• The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 (Reg. 6 (9))
• The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 (Reg. 11 (9))

Who places this notice?

• Pipeline applicant
• Secretary of state

Where can I find these notices? 

Notice 1608

Further information

• www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/10-11/58/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/3
• www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1928/regulation/4
• www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1928/regulation/8
• www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/section/4
• www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/section/18
• www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/schedule/2/paragraph/8
• www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/schedule/2/paragraph/9
• www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/schedule/2/paragraph/10
• www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/360/regulation/5
• www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/360/regulation/6
• www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/360/regulation/11