Petroleum (Pipe-Lines) Act · 1984 Revised Edition
Section 4
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If any pipe-line shall be used or laid and con-nected in contravention of the provisions of section 3, it shall be lawful for the Minister by notice in writing to be served upon the owner or occupier of any lands whereon such pipe-line may· be laid or through which it may pass, to require that such pipe-line be immediately disconnected and rendered useless for the purpose of conveying oil.
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;
In any case in which the owner or occupier of any
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such land is not known or cannot be found, such notice may
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be served by affixing the same in some conspicuous place in such lands.
Should the requirements of any such notice not be complied with within 48 hours of the service or affixing thereof, it shall be lawful for any person authorised in writ-ing by the Minister with such workmen and assistants as may be necessary to enter upon any land and carry out the re-quirements of such notice, and thereafter to re-enter from
person
"person" includes a corporation, whether aggre-gate or sole; Interpreta-tion
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petroleum
"petroleum" means petroleum as defined in the cap. Petroleum Mining Act;
time to time to enforce and keep enforced such require-ments without order or further authority.
( 4) Production of such written authority shall be suf-ficient evidence of the issue thereof, and no proof of the signatures thereon shall be necessary.
( 5) Any person obstructing the execution by any person so authorised, his workmen or assistants of anything required to be done to give effect to the requirements of any such notice so long as the same is in operation shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $500.
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A person who, after any pipe-lin~ has been discon-nected in accordance with the provisions of section 4, recon-nects the same, without having applied for and received permission under section 3 shall be guilty of an offence:
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;
Penalty, a fine of $500 and $100 for each day during which such pipe-line continues so re-connected.
Terms defined in s 2
person
Defined · s 2"person" includes a corporation, whether aggre-gate or sole; Interpreta-tion
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;