Petroleum (Pipe-Lines) Act · 1984 Revised Edition
Section 16
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
It shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council to de-clare that any pipe-line or system of pipe-lines shall be deemed to be and be common carriers; and from and after the publication of such declaration the owners or operators of every such pipe-line or system of pipe-lines shall at all times, in accordance with such rules and-'regulations as may from time to time be made by His Majesty in Council, make full and adequate provision in regard to the carriage of crude oil, as such common carriers and shall, if required so to do by His Majesty in Council, increase the carrying capacity of any such pipe-line or system of pipe-lines and the capacity of their pumping stations tanks and other ap-pliances:
pipe-line
"pipe" and "pipe-line" mean a pipe or pipe-line used or intended to be used for conveying pet-roleum or the products of petroleum in bulk from a place of main storage to a point of distribution or a point of export from Brunei;
Provided that such owners or operators shall not be bound to increase the capacity of their pipe-lines, tanks, pumping stations and other appliances save upon the re-quisition of producers or crude oil, who have given guaran-tees satisfactory to the Minister of the permanence of the supply of crude oil to be carried by such owners or oper-ators, and that such owners or operators shall not be bound to carry crude oil below a flash point which may from time to time be fixed by the Minister, or otherwise than in accordance with rules and regulations to be made as aforesaid:
pipe
"pipe" and "pipe-line" mean a pipe or pipe-line used or intended to be used for conveying pet-roleum or the products of petroleum in bulk from a place of main storage to a point of distribution or a point of export from Brunei;
Provided also that such owners or operators shall not be obliged to place at any one time at the disposal of the public more than 20 per cent of the full carrying capacity of their pipe-line as then constituted.
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Owners of pipe-line may be declared to be common carriers
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Rules and regulations
Pipe-lines in, over or across a public road
public road
"public road" means any highway by land whether for foot, bridle or wheeled traffic which is main-tained out of public funds or is open to public use.
Petroleum (Pipe-lines)
petroleum
"petroleum" means petroleum as defined in the cap. Petroleum Mining Act;
Terms defined in s 2
petroleum
Defined · s 2"petroleum" means petroleum as defined in the cap. Petroleum Mining Act;
pipe
Defined · s 2"pipe" and "pipe-line" mean a pipe or pipe-line used or intended to be used for conveying pet-roleum or the products of petroleum in bulk from a place of main storage to a point of distribution or a point of export from Brunei;
pipe-line
Defined · s 2"pipe" and "pipe-line" mean a pipe or pipe-line used or intended to be used for conveying pet-roleum or the products of petroleum in bulk from a place of main storage to a point of distribution or a point of export from Brunei;
public road
Defined · s 2"public road" means any highway by land whether for foot, bridle or wheeled traffic which is main-tained out of public funds or is open to public use.