4Terms used

4. Terms used

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

approved means approved by the Minister;

inspector means a person appointed an inspector under this Act;

licence means a current licence granted under this Act authorising the construction and operation of a pipeline;

licence area in relation to a licence means the lands specified in the licence as being that area;

licensee means a person who is the registered holder of a licence;

Minister for Lands means the Minister as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1);

owner in relation to —

(a) land other than Crown land or land owned by or vested in the Crown or a public authority, includes every person who jointly or severally, whether at law or in equity —

(i) is entitled to the land for an estate of freehold in possession;

(ii) is a person to whom the Crown has lawfully contracted to transfer the land in fee simple under the Land Administration Act 1997, or any other Act;

(iii) is entitled to receive, or is in receipt of, or if the land were let would be entitled to receive the rents and profits thereof, whether as beneficial owner, trustee, mortgagee in possession, or otherwise;

(b) Crown land and land owned by or vested in the Crown, means the Crown;

(c) land owned by or vested in a public authority, means that public authority,

and owned and like expressions have a corresponding meaning;

partly cancelled in relation to a licence means cancelled as to part of the pipeline the subject of the licence;

petroleum means —

(a) any naturally occurring hydrocarbon, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or

(b) any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or

(c) any naturally occurring mixture of one or more hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state, and any one or more of the following, that is to say, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, helium and carbon dioxide,

and includes any petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this definition that has been returned to a natural reservoir;

pipeline means a pipe or system of pipes used or intended to be used for the conveyance of petroleum; and includes all structures for protecting or supporting a pipeline and all loading terminals, works and buildings and all fittings, pumps, tanks, storage tanks, appurtenances and appliances and any facility, or any facility of a class, which is declared for the time being under section 5 to be a pipeline facility for the purposes of this Act used in connection with a pipeline, but does not include —