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may in addition to the sanctions, fines and penalties contained in the Act, be liable to the relevant 
administrative penalties contained in the Schedule to these Regulations. 
   (2) Without prejudice to any specific sanction provided in these Regulations, where there is a breach 
or where a person contravenes any provision of these Regulations, the Authority may- 
(a) 
seal or order the closure of the premises where the breach occurred; 
(b) 
dismantle and seize the facilities used for the activities; 
(c) 
cause an inquiry to be conducted into the affairs of a person connected with the 
breach of any of these Regulations; 
(d) 
cause to be arrested, such person involved in the breach; 
(e) 
enter or direct the entry into any premises where the breach occurred and take 
possession of any document, instrument or material used in connection with the 
breach; 
(f) 
confiscate and dispose of materials or equipment, including any petroleum liquids or 
natural gas and its derivatives, used by the person in the activity;  
(g) 
revoke the licence, permit or authorisation granted by the Authority to such person; 
and 
(h) 
take any other action as the Authority may consider necessary to prevent any further 
breach of these Regulations.  
 
   (3) Where no specific penalty for a contravention under these Regulations is provided in the 
Schedule to these Regulations, the Authority may impose an administrative penalty not exceeding 
USD 1,000,000.  
 
 
SCHEDULE 
117. Where under these Regulations a duty is imposed on a person, the onus of proving that all 
reasonable steps have been taken to fulfil that duty shall lie on the person charged with the breach 
of duty. 
 
Burden of proof 
118. (1) The following Regulations are hereby revoked -   
(a) Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Safety Regulations, 2023; 
(b) Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Environmental Regulations, 2023;  
(c) Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Decommissioning and Abandonment Regulations, 
2023 
(2) The revocation of the Regulations specified in sub-regulation (1) of this regulation shall not affect 
anything done or purported to be done under or pursuant to the revoked Regulations.  
Revocation. savings and 
transitional provisions 
 
119. The Authority may issue guidelines, directives and notices for the effective implementation of 
these Regulations.  
 
122. 
Guidelines, 
directives and notices  
 
120.  In these Regulations — 
“abandonment”, means the non-operation of a licenced midstream facility for a period not 
less than five years; 
Interpretations