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Petroleum (Amendment) Regulations 2005

S.R. No. 6/2005

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1.Objectives

2.Authorising provisions

3.Commencement

4.Definitions

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STATUTORY RULES 2005

S.R. No. 6/2005

Petroleum Act 1998

Petroleum (Amendment) Regulations 2005

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 16 February 2005

Responsible Minister:

THEO THEOPHANOUS
Minister for Resources

SUDHA KASYNATHAN

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

1.Objectives

The objectives of these Regulations are to insert a new definition and to amend an existing definition in the Petroleum Regulations 2000.

2.Authorising provisions

These Regulations are made under section 252 of the Petroleum Act 1998.

3.Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 28 February 2005.

4.Definitions

In regulation 52 of the Petroleum Regulations 2000[1]—

(a)insert the following definition—

' "domestic partner" of a person means a person to whom the person is not married but with whom the person is living as a couple on a genuine domestic basis (irrespective of gender);';

(b)in paragraph (a) of the definition of "family", for "defacto spouse" substitute "a domestic partner".

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[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 65/2000 as amended by S.R. Nos 91/2000 and 88/2004.