Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act, 1960

PART II.

Petroleum.

Chapter I.

Interpretation (Part II).

Definitions (Part II).

2.—(1) In this Part—

“ancillary rights” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of this Act;

“the Board” means the Mining Board established by section 33 of the Minerals Development Act, 1940 (No. 31 of 1940);

“exploration licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8 of this Act;

“land” includes foreshore and land covered with water;

“the Land Commission” means the Irish Land Commission;

“land purchase annuity” means a land purchase annuity payable under the Land Purchase Acts to the Land Commission;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;

“the operative date” means the date of the passing of this Act;

“petroleum” includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas and other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons and their derivatives or constituent substances existing in its natural condition in strata (including, without limitation, distillate, condensate, casinghead gasoline and such other substances as are ordinarily produced from oil and gas wells) and includes any other mineral substance contained in oil and natural gas brought to the surface with them in the normal process of extraction, but does not include coal and bituminous shales and other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by distillation;

“petroleum lease” has the meaning assigned to it by section 13 of this Act;

“petroleum prospecting licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9 of this Act;

“petroleum well” means a boring or other excavation in the earth's crust made for the purpose of extracting petroleum;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

“regulations” means regulations made by the Minister under this Part;

“rent” includes any periodical payment in the nature of rent;

“reserved area licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 19 of this Act;

“royalty rent” means a rent calculated by reference to the quantity, price or value of petroleum gotten;

“State petroleum” means petroleum, the property in which was immediately before the operative date vested in the State;

“surface” when used in relation to land, includes any buildings, works, or thing erected, constructed or growing on such land;

“working” when used in relation to petroleum, includes digging, searching for, boring for, getting, raising, taking, carrying away, storing and treating petroleum, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;

“working facilities acquisition order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 23 of this Act;

“working facilities permit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 26 of this Act;

“working facilities (State land) permit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 27 of this Act.

(2) In this Part, references to the licensee under a licence granted under this Part shall, where the context so permits, be construed as including references to the executors, administrators and assigns of the licensee.