Foreword
Committees responsible
Code of practice
Section one. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Definitions
1.3 Safety
1.4 Insurance
Section two. Routing
2.1 General
2.2 Operating conditions and hazards
2.3 Terrain and subterranean conditions
2.4 Existing and future land use
2.5 Permanent access
2.6 Transport facilities and utility services
2.7 Agricultural practice
2.8 Environmental impact
Section three. Acquisition of land and other rights
3.1 General
3.2 Access for survey and route selection
3.3 Types of rights
3.4 Financial consideration and compensation
3.5 Planning permission
3.6 Consultation with other interests
3.7 Plans
Section four. Pipe installation and reinstatement
4.1 Entry upon land
4.2 Working season
4.3 Pipeline spread
4.4 Trespass
4.5 Preparation of the working width
4.6 Pipe distribution
4.7 Trenching
4.8 Support of excavations
4.9 Explosives
4.10 Avoidance of other services
4.11 Land drains
4.12 Ditches
4.13 Maintenance of services
4.14 Fishing and sporting rights
4.15 Pollution
4.16 Maintenance of access
4.17 Canal, river, road and rail crossings
4.18 Backfilling, cleaning-up and reinstating
4.19 Pipeline markers
4.20 Cathodic protection
4.21 General supervision
4.22 Safety during testing
4.23 Records
Section five. Operations, modifications, maintenance,
                repair and inspection
5.1 General
5.2 Operations
5.3 Route inspection
5.4 Infected areas
5.5 Emergencies
5.6 Maintenance
Section six. Abandonment
6.1 Disused pipelines
6.2 Precautions
6.3 Records
Appendices
A UK Statutes
B Flow chart for implementation of a pipeline
      project