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MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM REGISTRATION AND PUBLICATION OF LICENCES, PERMITS AND AUTHORISATIONS REGULATIONS, 2023

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6. (1) A licence, permit or authorisation or any exemption issued by the 
Authority shall be signed by the Authority Chief Executive and authenticated 
by the Authority Secretary and Legal Adviser under the seal of the Authority 
and the validity of the licence, permit or authorisation or any exemption shall 
commence from the date of its issuance. 
(2) The date of issuance of any licence, permit or authorisation or any 
exemption shall be inscribed on the licence, permit or authorisation or any 
exemption.  
Authentication 
of licences, 
permits and 
authorisations 
7. (1)   A licence, permit or authorisation and any exemption granted under 
the Act shall be prepared in duplicate and one original shall be delivered to 
the holder of the licence, permit or authorisation and the other original shall 
be retained by the registrar which shall be bound up in a book of the 
appropriate series within its register and serially numbered. 
 
(2) The register referred to in Section 219 of the Act shall also be kept in an 
electronic format and a soft copy of a licence, permit, authorisation or 
exemption shall be forwarded to the holder of a licence, 
permit or authorisation. 
 
(3) The Authority shall cause a licence, permit, authorisation or exemption to 
be prepared upon payment of the prescribed fees and conformity with the 
licensing system as determined by the Authority. 
 
(4) The registrar shall require an acknowledgement of the receipt of a copy 
of the licence, permit or authorisation or exemption from the person 
accepting such licence, permit, authorisation or exemption in the form 
prescribed in the First Schedule to these Regulations. 
Procedure for 
registration of 
licences, 
permits and 
authorisations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Schedule 
8. (1) A register shall contain the following details regarding a licence, 
permit, authorisation or exemption, where applicable – 
(a) the serial number; 
(b) the name of the holder  
(c) the name of the operator of the facility, if different from the holder of 
the licence, permit, authorisation or exemption; 
(d) the date of grant; 
(e) the date of entry into the register; 
(f) the duration; 
Contents of 
register