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PETROLEUM (PRODUCTION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 15

Interpretation.

15. In this Act

Definition rep. by 1969 c.35 (NI) s.62(2) sch.4 Pt.I

"Act of 1959" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(2);

["Act of 1969" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3;]

"the appointed area" has the meaning assigned to it by section 4(3);

"casinghead petroleum spirit" means any liquid hydrocarbons obtained from
natural gas by separation or by any chemical or physical process;

"the compensation area" has the meaning assigned to it by section 4(3);

"crude oil" means oil in its natural state before the same has been refined or
otherwise treated but excluding water and foreign substances;

"the Ministry" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1) of this Act;

"natural gas" means gas obtained from boreholes and wells and consisting
primarily of hydrocarbons;

"petroleum" includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas
existing in its natural condition in strata, but does not include coal or
bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted
by destructive distillation;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations; and

"the Tribunal" has the meaning assigned to it by section 7(d) of this Act.

S.16 repeals with saving 1918 c.52 and s.1 (pt.) of 1959 c.17 (NI)


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