Petroleum Mining Act · 2022 Revised Edition
2B. Mineral rights
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Mineral rights shall not be granted or otherwise transferred or assigned, unless expressly provided in any other written law or in any petroleum mining Agreement.
mineral rights
“mineral rights” means the exclusive authority to explore, prospect and mine for petroleum within any State Land;
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petroleum
“petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas or casinghead petroleum spirit 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;
Terms defined in s 2
mineral rights
Defined · s 2“mineral rights” means the exclusive authority to explore, prospect and mine for petroleum within any State Land;
petroleum
Defined · s 2“petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas or casinghead petroleum spirit 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;
petroleum mining Agreement
Defined · s 2“petroleum mining Agreement” means an agreement with regard to exploration, prospecting and mining for petroleum or any of them that the State Party enters into under this Act. For the avoidance of doubt, petroleum mining Agreements shall include, without limitation, any licences, leases, concessions, production sharing agreements and service agreements with regard to exploration, prospecting and mining for petroleum or any of them entered into by the State Party in accordance with this Act;