# Petroleum Act 1998, Section 9I: Other interpretation

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

In this Part—
“current strategy”, in relation to any particular time, means a strategy under section 9A(2) in force at that time;
“offshore installation” has the same meaning as in Part 4 (see section 44);
“operator under a petroleum licence” means a person who is responsible for organising or supervising any of the operations of searching for, boring for, or getting UK petroleum in pursuance of the petroleum licence;
“owner”, in relation to a relevant offshore installation, has the meaning given in section 9HA;
“owner”, in relation to upstream petroleum infrastructure, has the meaning given in section 9H;
“petroleum” has meaning given in section 1;
“petroleum licence” means a licence granted under—
(a)section 3 of this Act, or
(b)section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934;
“principal objective” has the meaning given in section 9A;
“relevant offshore installation” has the meaning given in section 9HA;
“relevant UK waters” means—
(a)the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, and
(b)the sea in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964;
“submarine pipeline” has the meaning given in section 45;
“UK petroleum” means petroleum which for the time being exists in its natural condition in strata beneath relevant UK waters;
“upstream petroleum infrastructure” has the meaning given in section 9H.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/section/9I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-act-1998/section-9I
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