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Paragraph 9 Short term and extended testing

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • Sch. 3 incorporated in part (with modifications) (temp.) by Petroleum Act 1998 s. 5 Sch. 1 para. 25-27
(1)

The Licensee shall not get any petroleum from the licensed area by virtue of this licence, except that the Licensee may get petroleum in the course of searching for petroleum—

(a)

for a period not exceeding four days in relation to each geological interval or stratum; and

(b)

with the consent of the Minister in writing, for a period not exceeding 90 days.

(2)

A consent given by the Minister in pursuance of paragraph (1)(b) of this clause may be made subject to conditions which may, in particular, be framed by reference to the period during which petroleum may be got and the quantity that may be got.