21 Increase of capacity etc of pipe-lines
Gas Act 1986 (1986 c 44) | Legislation

21  Increase of capacity etc of pipe-lines

[(1)     If in the case of a pipe-line system operated by a [gas transporter] it appears to [the Authority], on the application of a person other than the transporter, that the system can and should be modified—

(a)     by installing in it a junction through which another pipe-line may be connected to the system; or

(b)     by modifying apparatus and works associated with a high pressure pipe-line so as to increase the capacity of the pipe-line,

then, subject to subsection (3) below, [the Authority] may, after giving to the transporter an opportunity of being heard about the matter and giving to the Health and Safety Executive notice of his proposed directions, give directions to the transporter in accordance

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