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PETROLEUM (PRODUCTION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 1

1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the property in petroleum
existing in its natural condition in strata in Northern Ireland is hereby
vested in the Ministry of Commerce (in this Act referred to as "the
Ministry").

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any petroleum which vested in
the Ministry by virtue of section 6 of and Schedule 1 to, the Minerals
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (in this Act referred
to as "the Act of 1959").

(3) Without prejudice to its powers to grant licences under section 2,
the Ministry shall have the exclusive right of searching and boring for and
getting the petroleum vested in it under subsection (1) or by virtue of the
provisions of the Act of 1959 referred to in subsection (2) ....

(4) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any petroleum vested in Her Majesty or
in any department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

© 1964 Crown Copyright

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