Section 2

“authorized officer” means any public officer or officer of the

Commission who is authorized in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this Enactment;

“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the

Commission;

“Commission” means the Commission established under the Energy

Commission of Sabah Enactment 2023 [No. 11 of 2022];

“danger” means danger to health or to human life or limb from shock, burn, or other injury and includes danger to property;

“exploration” means to search for potential ocean thermal energy conversion area and includes prospecting;

“facility” means an ocean thermal energy conversion facility;

“Government” means the Government of the State of Sabah;

“licence” means a licence issued under section 6;

“licensee” means a person licensed under section 4;

“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for matters relating to energy;

“ocean thermal energy conversion” means a process used for production of electricity or other form of energy by using temperature differences between deep ocean water and ocean surface water;

“ocean thermal energy conversion facility” means any facility which is located onshore or fixed or moored in Sabah waters and which is designed to use temperature differences between deep ocean water and ocean surface water to produce electricity or another form of energy capable of being used directly to perform work and includes any equipment installed on such facility;

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“ocean thermal energy conversion plantship” means any vessel floating unmoored or moving through Sabah waters which is designed to use temperature differences between deep ocean water and ocean surface water to produce electricity or another form of energy capable of being used directly to perform work and includes any equipment installed on such vessel;

“plantship” means an ocean thermal energy conversion plantship;

“Sabah waters” means the area of the continental shelf being the seabed and its subsoil which lies beneath the high seas contiguous to the territorial waters of Sabah under the North Borneo (Alteration of

Boundaries) Order in Council 1954;

“safety” means the obviation of danger to the general public or to property; and

“this Enactment” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this

Enactment.