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Petroleum Act 1998
17Petroleum becomes the property of the person extracting it
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17 Petroleum becomes the property of the person extracting it
On a person extracting from any land in Victoria in accordance with this Act any petroleum that came to be on or below the surface of the land without human assistance, the person becomes the owner of that petroleum.
S. 17A inserted by No. 8/2017 s. 10.