{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-current-model-clauses-order-1999/schedule-7/part-II/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-current-model-clauses-order-1999/schedule-7/part-II/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/160",
  "legislation_title": "The Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-current-model-clauses-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/7/part/II/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In the following clauses the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—\n“the licensed area” means the area in which the Licensee may exercise the rights granted by this licence;\n“the Licensee” means the person or persons to whom this licence is granted, his personal representatives and any person or persons to whom the rights conferred by this licence may lawfully have been assigned;\n“mine” has the same meaning as in the Mines and Quarries Act 1954;\n“the Minister” means the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.\n(2) Any obligations which are to be observed and performed by the Licensee shall at any time at which the Licensee is more than one person be joint and several obligations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 clause 1 in force at 15.2.1999, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 70; section 180 (meaning of “mine” and “quarry”) was modified by Part II of Schedule 3 to the Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1897)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/160/schedule/7/part/II/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:42.134762+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}