Amoco (U.K.) Act 1971

• Jurisdiction: UK Non-devolved
• Citation: 1971 c. iv

Amoco {U.K.) Act

1971

c: iv 1

ELIZABETH II

1971 CHAPTER iv

An Act to empower Amoco (U.K.) Limited to construct

works and to acquire lands; and for other purposes.

[17th February 1971]

W

HEREAS Amoco (U.K.) Limited (in this Act referred-

to as

**

the Company") are a company within the

meaning of the Companies Act, 1948, and are a company

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limited by shares:

And whereas the Company are a subsidiary within the meaning

of section 154 of the Companies Act, 1948, of Standard Oil

Company (Indiana):

And whereas Standard Oil Company (Indiana) are engaged in

the transporting, refining and marketing of petroleum and

petroleum products throughout the world and, in order to meet

the increasing public demand for their products in the United

Kingdom, it, is essential that further facilities for the importation

of crude oil and' petroleum products and for their refinement

should be made available in the United Kingdom:

And whereas the deep waters of Milford Haven enable large

tankers to be accommodated at any state of the tide:

And. whereas the Company intend to establish a refinery in the

parishes, of Herbrandston, Hubberston, Robeston West and

Steynton. in the rural district of Haverfordwest in the county of

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Pembroke, and it is expedient in thepublicinterestthatinconnection

therewith the Company should be empowered to construct the

works authorised by this Act including jetties in the waters of

Milford Haven and on the foreshore thereof for the accommodation

of vessels (including large tankers) and for the reception from such

vessels of crude oil and petroleum products for the said proposed

refinery and for conveying oil and petroleum products therefrom:

And whereas it is expedient that the Company be empowered

to acquire lands:

And whereas it is expedient that the Company be authorised

to stop up roads, bridleways and footpaths across the said lands:

And whereas in order to enable the Company to manage and

control the said works it is expedient that the Company be

constituted a pier authority as in this Act provided:

And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions contained

in this Act be enacted:

And whereas the objects of this Act cannot be attained without

the authority of Parliament:

And whereas plans and sections showing the lines and levels of

the works by this Act authorised (other than the substituted

portions of the pipeline or pipelines and access road (Work No. 5)

as defined in this Act and hereinafter referred to as " the substi-

tuted portions of Work No. 5 "), such plans showing also the

lands which may be acquired or used under the powers of this

Act and for the purposes of this Act (otherwise than for the purposes

of the substituted portions of Work No. 5) together with a book of

reference to the said plans containing the names of the owners

or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees and of the occupiers

of all such lands and describing the same, have been deposited

in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments and in the Private

Bill Office of the House of Commons and with the clerk of the

county council of the administrative county of Pembroke and

such plans, sections and book of reference are respectively

referred to in this Act as the deposited plans, sections and book

of reference:

And whereas a plan and section showing the fines and levels

of the substituted portions of Work No. 5 and also a book of

reference to that plan containing the names of the owners or

reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees and of the occupiers

of the lands required or which may be taken for the purposes of

the substituted portions of Work No. 5 were deposited in the

month of July, 1970, in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments

and in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons and with

the clerk of the county council of the administrative county of

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Pembroke and such plan, section and book of reference are

respectively referred to in this Act as the substituted plan, section

and book of reference:

May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,

and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and

with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,

and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the

authority of the same, as follows:—

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1.

This Act may be cited as the Amoco (U.K.) Act 1971. Short title.

2.

This Act is divided into Parts as follows:— Act divided

. .

into

Parts.

Part I.—Preliminary.

Part II.—Lands.

Part III.—Works.

Part IV.—Miscellaneous.

3.—(1)

The following enactments so far as the same are Incorporation

applicable for the purposes of, and are not inconsistent with of Acts-

the provisions of, this Act are incorporated with and form part

of this Act and this Act shall be deemed to be the special Act

for the purposes of the said incorporated enactments:—

(a) the Lands Clauses Acts, except section 92, sections 127 to

133 and sections 150 and 151 of the Lands Clauses

Consolidation Act, 1845: 1845 c. 18.

Provided that the bond required by section 85 of the

Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, shall be

sufficient without the addition of the sureties mentioned

in that section;

(b) the provisions of the Railways Clauses Consolidation

Act, 1845, with respect to the temporary occupation of

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lands near the railway during the construction

thereof:

Provided that for the purposes of the incorporated

provisions of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act,

1845,

the works authorised by this Act shall be deemed

to be the railway and the centre lines of those works as

shown on the deposited plans shall be deemed to be the

centre of the railway;