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S.L. 601.05 · Part I · General Provisions

Regulation 13. Extraction of oil and gas exploration or extraction of coal or other solid fuels

Applicability

Text of the consolidated version in force from 1 January 2024. Where this page and legislation.mt differ, legislation.mt prevails: official textThe Maltese and the English texts are both official; where they conflict, the Maltese text prevails. This page shows the English text.

(1) These regulations apply to activities relating to the exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of:

(a) extracting oil or gas;

(b) exploring for, or extracting, coal or other solid fuels.

(2) These regulations do not apply to activities relating to the exploration for oil and gas.

(3) For the purpose of this regulation:

(a) "exploration" should be considered to include the activities that are undertaken in order to verify whether oil and gas is present in a given zone and if so whether it is commercially exploitable;

(b) "extraction" should be considered as the "production" of oil and gas;

(c) "production" should be considered to include the setting up of adequate infrastructure for future production of oil such as oil platforms, pipelines, and terminals.

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