Petroleum (Pipe-Lines) Act · 1984 Revised Edition
Section 9
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An owner shall be deemed to have assented to the proposal to lay pipe-lines on his land if he fails to express his dissent therefrom within 3 months after the service of the notice on him under section 6.
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;
In the event of such dissent there shall be de-cided by the Minister on the application of the person desir-ing to lay pipe-lines, unless the parties mutually agree to accept arbitration, the questions following, that is to say -
person
"person" includes a corporation, whether aggre-gate or sole; Interpreta-tion
whether the proposed pipe-lines will cause any injury to such owner, or to the occupier or other person interested in the lands; and
whether any injury that may be caused is or is not of a nature to admit of being fully com-pensated for by money.
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The result of any such decision shall be as fol-lows, that is to say
if the decision is that no injury will be caused to the owner, occupier or other parties interested in the lands, the person giving notice may proceed forthwith to lay the pipe-line;
if the decision is that injury will be caused to the owner, occupier or other party interested in the lands, but that such injury is of a nature to admit of being fully compensated by money, the
Minister or arbitrators shall proceed to assess such compensation and to apportion the same amongst
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the parties in his or their judgment entitled thereto subject to the provisions contained in section 11;
and on payment of the sum so assessed the person giving notice may proceed to lay the proposed pipe-line;
if the decision is that injury will be caused to the owner, occupier or other party interested in the land, and that such injury is not of a nature to admit of being fully compensated by money, the person giving notice shall not be entitled to lay the proposed pipe-line.
7 10.
Where any application is made ufider section 9, the
Procedure
Minister may summon the parties to appear before him at a time and place to be named in the summons, and upon the appearance of such parties, or in the absence of any of them, upon proof of the due service of the summons, it shall be lawful for the Minister to hear and determine the ques-tion and amount of the compensation and for that purpose to examine such parties or any of them and their witnesses upon oath, and the cost of every such inquiry shall be at his discretion and he shall settle the amount thereof.
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;