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(c) evidence of measurement, method of measurement and 
laycan of lifting of the petroleum liquids or natural gas or its 
derivatives, to be lifted or exported; 
(d) estimated time of arrival of the ship or vessel; 
(e) valid wholesale supply licence;  
(f) 
details of the buyer; and  
(g) details of the agent of the vessel or cargo owner. 
(3)  
The Authority may, upon review of Advance Lifting Schedule, notify 
the person who submitted the Advance Lifting Schedule, of any default, 
in the information submitted and give the person twenty-four hours within 
which to rectify and re-submit the  Advance Lifting Schedule. 
22. 
(1) Petroleum liquids or natural gas or its derivatives, shall not be 
lifted from or within Nigeria without a Lifting Identification 
Number issued by the Authority. 
(2) The Authority shall, prior to lifting, inspect and verify the content 
of any cargo against declaration in the Advance Lifting 
Schedule and upon satisfactory verification, the Authority shall 
issue a Lifting Identification Number for the cargo. 
(3) Where the Authority on inspection of a cargo discovers that 
information supplied in the Advance Lifting Schedule is false, the 
person responsible for the false declaration shall be liable under 
these Regulations.  
(4) A Lifting Identification Number shall be specific to and valid for 
the cargo it relates and no other. 
Lifting 
Identification 
Management 
23. 
(1) A declaration relating to a vessel in which petroleum liquids or 
natural gas, or its derivatives is to be carried, shall be verified by 
the Authority. 
(2) The Authority shall certify at the port of loading measurements 
systems, and volumes of lifting and shipment of petroleum liquids 
or natural gas or its derivatives loaded into a vessel designated 
and approved for that purpose. 
Verification 
and 
certification 
by the 
Authority, etc. 
24. A vessel carrying petroleum liquids or natural gas or its derivatives, shall 
not carry part cargo or dead freight, except -   
Restriction on 
vessels from 
carrying part