Section 2

“continental shelf” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2

of the Continental Shelf Act 1966 [Act 83];

“exploration licence” means a licence issued under section 7;

“exploration work” means any work carried out in connection with exploration for petroleum;

“foreshore” means all that land lying between the shore line and the low-water mark of ordinary spring tides;

“land”, in relation to the States in Peninsular Malaysia, means any area of on-shore land and includes off-shore land adjacent to and contiguous with the on-shore land and, in relation to the States of Sabah and Sarawak, means the area of off-shore land only;

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“licensee” means the person to whom an exploration licence is issued and includes his successors in title and the persons deriving title under him;

“off-shore land” means the area of the continental shelf;

“on-shore land” includes the foreshores and submarine areas beneath the territorial waters of the States;

“petroleum” includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;

“petroleum agreement” means an agreement entered into under sections 8 and 9;

“Petroleum Authority” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection 4(3);

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under section 12.