40   Certain provisions of Local Government Act 1993 not to apply to pipelines

(1)  Section 611 of the Local Government Act 1993 does not apply to or in respect of a pipeline the construction or operation of which is authorised by a licence.

(1A)  Part 1 of Chapter 7 of the Local Government Act 1993, and regulations made for the purposes of that Part, do not apply to the construction or operation of a pipeline (not including the apparatus or works of a prescribed class or description), the construction or operation of which is authorised by a licence.

(2)  (Repealed)