The guidelines originate from the DTI because it is the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry who, with the abolition of the Department of Energy, is now responsible for administering the two main instruments for authorising cross-country pipelines.
The first is the Pipelines Act 1962, which established a formal authorisation procedure for pipeline construction and obliges the Secretary of State to have regard to nature conservation,
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