The present Regulations enact the Canada Petroleum Resources Act. In particular, the Act lays down provisions relating to the administration and registration of interests and instruments in relation to frontier lands and fees to be paid. The text - consisting of 21 sections - deals with the following matters: prescribed royalty, payment of prescribed royalty, certification of an abandonment and restoration, royal trust, certification of qualified frontier exploration expenses, reports and returns, interest, penalties and refunds. Two Schedules are enclosed.

The present Regulations enact subsection 76(1) of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to environmental studies carried out by the Research Fund. The purpose of the Fund is to finance environmental and social studies pertaining to the manner in which, and the terms and conditions under which, exploration, development and production activities on frontier lands authorized under this Act or any other Act of Parliament should be conducted.

The present Regulations enact subsection 107(2) the Canada Petroleum Resources Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to oil explorations in frontier lands. The text – consisting of 21 sections deals with the following matters: prescribed royalty, exemption, payment of prescribed royalty, deferral of royalty, certification of an abandonment and restoration royalty trust, return allowance, certification of qualified frontier exploration expenses, reports and returns, interest, penalties and refunds.

The present Regulations provide for the enactment of the Forest Resources Management Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to Crown resource land referred to in :a) The Forest Resources Management Act; b) The Provincial Lands Act; c) The Natural Resources Act. A licensee within the meaning of the Forest Resources Management Act shall obtain a resource land disposition to use or occupy Crown resource land for the purposes of a processing facility, camp, mill site, timber storage area, quarry, or sand and gravel pit.

This Law regulates the exploration for and development and production of petroleum in Ghana and defines duties and rights of persons involved in such exploration, development or production. No person, except the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation shall engage in the exploration or production of petroleum except in accordance with the terms of a petroleum agreement or any other authority granted or recognized under this Law.

This Act provides for the control of air, water and noise pollution, for the safe management of hazardous waste and for the protection and management of the environment and resource conservation.The Act empowers the Minister to appoint a Director General of Environmental Protection responsible for the administration of this Act.

This Act provides rules relative to the exploration for and the exploitation of oil resources in Uganda. The Act also imposes certain duties on licence holders with respect to the protection of the environment and in case of emergencies. No person shall carry on any exploration or development operations on petroleum in or upon any land in Uganda except under, and in accordance with, a licence issued under this Act. The Government may enter into an agreement for the grant of a licence.

The present Regulations enact the Pipeline Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to permit and licence holders. The text – consisting of 8 sections – deals with the following aspects: interpretation, pipelines, service, notice to owners, unknown owner and vesting order and provisions of the Expropriation Act.

Implements: Pipeline Act (R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 345). (2001)

The present Regulation implements the Oil and Gas Activities Act. Sections 24 and 25 of the present Regulations address the requirement to survey pipelines and well sites, related to oil and gas activity, within specified time frames. Section 26 provides a mechanism to apply for an extension to the time frames stated in sections 24 and 25. The text consists of 29 sections divided into 4 Parts as follows: Miscellaneous (1); Release of information (2); Surveys (3); Orphan sites (4).

Implements: Oil and Gas Activities Act ([S.B.C. 2008] Chapter 36). (2016-02-29)

The present Regulations enact section 10 of the Mineral Resources Act, 1959, which was repealed by the Crown Minerals Act (C-50.2), but these Regulations continue in force under the Crown Minerals Act. In particular, the Act lays down provisions relating to permits and licences of shale exploration. The text consists of 49 sections divided into 5 Parts as follows: General (I); Permits (II); Leases of Crown lands (III); Conditions applicable to permits and leases (IV); Surface rights (V). Three Schedules are enclosed.

This Act provides certain rules relative to surveys related to the determination of the high water mark, required for the establishment of rights relating to the drilling for oil in the land and marine areas within five hundred feet of high water mark. The Chief Petroleum Engineer, the Commissioner of State Lands and any adjacent owner who objects to the high water mark as defined in a survey plan may apply to court to declare what is the high water mark.

This Order amends the Landfill Tax (Qualifying Material) Order 2011 in relation with disposals of qualifying material and the definition of bottom ash and fly ash from coal or petroleum coke combustion as such material.

Amends: Landfill Tax (Qualifying Material) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 1017 of 2011). (2011-03-31)