# Oil and Pipelines Act 1985, Section 6: Interpretation.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In this Act—
“the Agency” means the Oil and Pipelines Agency;
“the Corporation” means the British National Oil Corporation;
“participation agreement” means—
(a) any participation agreement as defined in section 1 of the Participation Agreements Act 1978; or
(b) so much of any scheme made under section 2 or 10 of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 as would, if made by agreement, constitute a participation agreement as so defined;
“ petroleum ” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Petroleum Act 1998;
“subsidiary” and “wholly owned subsidiary” have the meanings given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
“the transfer date” has the meaning given by section 3(1) above;
“the transitional period” has the meaning given by section 3(4) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/62/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/oil-and-pipelines-act-1985/section-6
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