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(1) This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st May 1993.
(2) In this Order “the 1992 Order” means the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992().
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In article 2(1) of the 1992 Order (interpretation)–
(a) the definitions of “hazardous activity”, “hazardous substance” and “notifiable quantity” shall be deleted;
(b) the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of “national scenic area”:–“
 “notifiable pipe-line” means a pipe-line, as defined in section 65 of the Pipe-lines Act 1962(), which contains or is intended to contain a hazardous substance, as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Notification Regulations(), except–
(a) a pipe-line the construction of which has been authorised under section 1 of the Pipe-lines Act 1962; or
(b) a pipe-line which contains or is intended to contain no hazardous substance other than–
(i) a flammable gas (as specified in item 1 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Notification Regulations) at a pressure of less than 8 bars absolute; or
(ii) a liquid or mixture of liquids, as specified in item 4 of Part II of that Schedule;”.
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In article 3 of the 1992 Order (permitted development)–
(a) paragraph (2)(b) shall be deleted;
(b) for paragraphs (5)(b) and (c) there shall be substituted–“
(b) the laying or construction of a notifiable pipe-line, except in the case of the laying or construction of a notifiable pipe-line by a public gas supplier in accordance with Class 39 of Schedule 1.”; and
(c) paragraphs (6) and (8) shall be deleted.
Allan Stewart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th April 1993