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Chapter IV.
Working facilities.
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Compulsory acquisition of land and ancillary rights by the Minister.
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23.—(1) Whenever the Minister is of opinion that it is necessary for the efficient or convenient exploitation of petroleum to acquire any land or any ancillary right, the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may by order (in this Part referred to as a working facilities acquisition order) compulsorily acquire, either permanently or temporarily, such land or such ancillary right.
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(2) The following provisions shall apply and have effect in relation to every working facilities acquisition order—
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(a) where the order provides for the acquisition of land, it shall specify the area and situation of such land and the nature and duration of the interest in such land which is vested in the Minister by the order;
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(b) where the order provides for the acquisition of an ancillary right, it shall specify the character of such right, the situation of any property affected by the exercise of such right, and the nature and duration of the interest in such right which is vested in the Minister by the order;
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(c) the order may contain all such supplementary or ancillary provisions as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine;
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(d) the order may contain a provision requiring that, in carrying the order into effect, all persons charged with the execution thereof shall have due regard to the amenities of the locality in which the land acquired by the order is situate or in which the ancillary right acquired by the order is exercisable;
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(e) the order shall be expressed and shall operate to vest in the Minister the land or the ancillary right thereby acquired for such period and in such manner as shall be specified in the order.
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