Oil Industrial Concern

Oil Industrial Concern

Definition(s)

Oil Industrial Concern

"Oil industrial concern" means any company, corporation or co-operative society, which is engaged or which is to engage in any activity referred to in clause (k): “oil industry”. Source: The Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974, Act No. 47 of 1974, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation
Mineral Oil

Mineral Oil

Definition(s)

Mineral Oil

"Mineral oil" includes petroleum and natural gas. Source: The Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974, Act No. 47 of 1974, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation
Members

Members

Definition(s)

Members

"Members" means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman. Source: The Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974, Act No. 47 of 1974, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation
Fertilizers

Fertilizers

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Fertilizers

"Fertilizers" means such oil based chemical compounds which when employed in agriculture provide either single or multiple plant nutrients in any one or more of the forms of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash. Source: The Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974, Act No. 47 of 1974, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation
Chairman

Chairman

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Chairman

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board. Source: The Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974, Act No. 47 of 1974, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation
Assistance

Assistance

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Assistance

"Assistance" means assistance rendered under section 6. Source: The Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974, Act No. 47 of 1974, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation
Place Of Work

Place Of Work

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Place Of Work

Is a place where any person is to work (and includes volunteers). Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance  

Place Of Work

Place of work means a place (whether or not within or forming part of a building, structure, or vehicle) where any person is to work, is working, for the time being works, or customarily works, for gain or reward; and, in relation to an employee, includes a place, or part of a place, under the control of the employer (not being domestic accommodation provided for the employee),— (a) where the employee comes or may come to eat, rest, or get first-aid or pay; or (b) where the employee comes or may come as part of the employee’s duties to report in or out, get instructions, or deliver goods or vehicles; or (c) through which the employee may or must pass to reach a place of work. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation
All Practicable Steps

All Practicable Steps

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All Practicable Steps

Employers have a general duty to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees (section 6). In particular, they are required to take all practicable steps to: • Provide and maintain a safe working environment; • Provide and maintain facilities for the safety and health of employees at work; • Ensure that machinery and equipment is safe for employees; • Ensure that working arrangements are not hazardous to employees; and • Provide procedures to deal with emergencies that may arise while employees are at work. Taking “all practicable steps” means doing what is reasonably able to be done in the circumstances, taking into account: • The severity of any injury or harm to health that may occur; • The degree of risk or probability of that injury or harm occurring; • How much is known about the hazard and the ways of eliminating, reducing or controlling it; and • The availability, effectiveness and cost of possible safeguards. An employer or other person is only required to take “all practicable steps” in relation to circumstances that they know, or ought reasonably to know about (section 2A). Source: Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004, Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand, updated October 2010. Regulatory Guidance  

All Practicable Steps

Taking “all practicable steps” means doing what is reasonably able to be done in the circumstances, taking into account: • The severity of any injury or harm to health that may occur; • The degree of risk or probability of that injury or harm occurring; • How much is known about the hazard and the ways of eliminating, reducing or controlling it; and • The availability, effectiveness and cost of the possible safeguards. Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory Guidance  

All Practicable Steps

(1) In this Act, all practicable steps, in relation to achieving any result in any circumstances, means all steps to achieve the result that it is reasonably practicable to take in the circumstances, having regard to— (a) the nature and severity of the harm that may be suffered if the result is not achieved; and (b) the current state of knowledge about the likelihood that harm of that nature and severity will be suffered if the result is not achieved; and (c) the current state of knowledge about harm of that nature; and (d) the current state of knowledge about the means available to achieve the result, and about the likely efficacy of each of those means; and (e) the availability and cost of each of those means. (2) To avoid doubt, a person required by this Act to take all practicable steps is required to take those steps only in respect of circumstances that the person knows or ought reasonably to know about. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation
Oil Fuel

Oil Fuel

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Oil Fuel

“Oil fuel” means any oil used as fuel oil in connection with the propulsion and auxiliary machinery of the ship in which such oil is carried. <Annex 1, regulation 12A>. Source: Resolution MEPC.141(54), amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Amendments to regulation 1, addition to regulation 12A, consequential amendments to the IOPP Certificate and amendments to regulation 21 of the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78), 24 March 2006, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Research Worker

Research Worker

Definition(s)

Research Worker

In this Chapter the term “research worker” shall be defined as the person who has commissioned the reconnaissance survey, or in the absence of a principal, the person who carries out the reconnaissance survey. Source: Mining Decree of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended in 2007).  Legislation
Quarry

Quarry

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Quarry

Quarry: subsurface space formed by limestone production. Source: Mining Decree of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended in 2007).  Legislation  

Quarry

Meaning of quarry: (1) In these regulations, the term quarry means a quarry of a kind described in subclause (2) or subclause (3), and includes any place in which any material extracted or processed in a quarry is crushed or screened. (2) A quarry is any place— (a) where any person works above ground for the purpose of— (i) extracting any material, other than any coal or any mineral, from the earth; or (ii) processing any material, other than any coal or any mineral, extracted from the earth at that place; and (b) that has an area where any person works above ground for either of the purposes referred to in paragraph (a) and that,— (i) in the case of an area consisting of benches, exceeds 3.5 metres in height, measured from the top of the top bench to the bottom of the bottom bench; or (ii) in any other case, exceeds 3.5 metres in height, measured from its highest to its lowest point,— whether or not the material is extracted or processed for the purpose of commercial gain and whether or not the material is extracted or processed by the use of explosives. (3) A quarry is any place— (a) where any person works above ground for the purpose of— (i) extracting any material, other than any coal or any mineral, from the earth; or (ii) processing any material, other than any coal or any mineral, extracted from the earth at that place; and (b) that has an area where any person works above ground for either of the purposes referred to in paragraph (a) and that,— (i) in the case of an area consisting of benches, does not exceed 3.5 metres in height, measured from the top of the top bench to the bottom of the bottom bench; or (ii) in any other case, does not exceed 3.5 metres in height, measured from its highest to its lowest point,— where the material is extracted or processed either for the purpose of commercial gain or by the use of explosives or both for that purpose and by that means. Source: Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996, SR 1996/220, New Zealand, as of January 2011. Regulations
Limestone Production

Limestone Production

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Limestone Production

Limestone production: the extraction of limestone from the subsoil using a borehole, tunnel, or other subsurface structure. Source: Mining Decree of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended in 2007).  Legislation
Inspecteur-Generaal Der Mijnen

Inspecteur-Generaal Der Mijnen

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Inspecteur-Generaal Der Mijnen

Inspecteur-Generaal der Mijnen: Inspecteur-Generaal der Mijnen, as referrf to in Article 126.2 of the Mijnbouwwet. Source: Mining Decree of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended in 2007).  Legislation
Damage

Damage

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Damage

Damage: damage to the interests referred to in Articles 49.2 and 49.3 of the Mijnbouwwet. Source: Mining Decree of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended in 2007).  Legislation
Terrestrial Heat

Terrestrial Heat

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Terrestrial Heat

Terrestrial heat: heat present in the subsoil, which has originated there by natural causes. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Storage Reservoir

Storage Reservoir

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Storage Reservoir

Storage reservoir: a reservoir used for storage. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Storage Licence

Storage Licence

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Storage Licence

Storage licence: a licence for the storage of substances. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Storage Of Substances

Storage Of Substances

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Storage Of Substances

Storage of substances: conveying into or keeping substances at a depth of more than 100 metres below the earth's surface, or the recovering of these substances, other than the conveyance into or keeping therein or retrieval therefrom of substances aimed at the extraction of terrestrial heat from the subsurface. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Reconnaissance Survey

Reconnaissance Survey

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Reconnaissance Survey

Reconnaissance survey: a survey that does not make use of a drill hole, for the presence of minerals or the presence of terrestrial heat, or for discovering additional information about minerals or terrestrial heat. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Production Licence

Production Licence

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Production Licence

Production licence: a licence for the production of minerals, as well as for exploration for minerals. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Production Of Terrestrial Heat

Production Of Terrestrial Heat

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Production Of Terrestrial Heat

Production of terrestrial heat: the extraction of terrestrial heat from the subsoil other than extraction thereof in conjunction with the production of minerals or the storage of substances. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Production Of Minerals

Production Of Minerals

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Production Of Minerals

Production of minerals: using a drill hole, tunnel, shaft or other subsurface work to extract minerals from the subsoil other than in the form of samples or formation tests. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Permanent CO2 Storage

Permanent CO2 Storage

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Permanent CO2 Storage

Permanent CO2 storage: permanent storage of CO2 and substances that are stored in direct relation therewith, with the exception of storage of CO2 for research- or development purposes or for the testing of new products or procedures if the planned storage capacity is less than 100 kiloton. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Our Minister

Our Minister

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Our Minister

Our Minister: Our Minister of Economic Affairs. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Mining Work

Mining Work

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Mining Work

Mining work: a work that according to an order in council forms part of a designated category of works: 1° for the purpose of the exploration for or the production of minerals or terrestrial heat; 2° for the purpose of the storage of substances; 3° that relate to the works mentioned in 1°. and 2°. here above. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Mining Installation

Mining Installation

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Mining Installation

Mining installation: a mining work anchored in or present above the soil of surface water. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Mining Company

Mining Company

Definition(s)

Mining Company

Mining company: natural person or legal person that carries out mining activities. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Mining Agreement

Mining Agreement

Definition(s)

Mining Agreement

Mining agreement: an agreement of cooperation between the holder of a production licence and the company for the carrying out of mining activities. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
Mining Activities

Mining Activities

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Mining Activities

Mining activities: production and exploration activities that are or can be carried out on the basis of a production licence or activities that emanate from reconnaissance surveys for the presence of hydrocarbons within the licence area, or for further data about those hydrocarbons. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation  

Mining Activities

Mining activities: activities as meant in Articles1.d up to and including Article 1.d.i and 51. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation  

Mining Activities

Mining activities: activities to which Articles 49.1 and 49.5 of the Mijnbouwwet apply. Source: Mining Decree of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended in 2007).  Legislation
Investment

Investment

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Investment

Investment is deemed to mean the commitment of obligations with respect to the purchase of capital equipment, and the making of production costs with respect to a capital equipment, to the extent those obligations and costs are for the account of the holder or the co-holder. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation