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Page 1 of 35 MIDSTREAM PETROLEUM HOST COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT TRUST REGULATIONS, 2024

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(2). In the case of a -  
(a) 
dispute between communities, the aggrieved 
host community shall give notice of the dispute to the 
licensee and the Board of Trustees, supporting the 
notice with relevant documents. The licensee and the 
Board of Trustees shall attempt in good faith to resolve 
the dispute between the communities; or 
 
(b)  
dispute between a host community and 
licensee, the Board of Trustees shall give notice of the 
dispute to the licensee, supporting the notice with 
relevant documents. The licensee and the Board of 
Trustees shall attempt in good faith to resolve the 
dispute. 
 
(3) 
A copy of the notice of dispute shall be submitted to the 
Authority. 
 
(4) 
Where the licensee and Board of Trustees, in the case of a 
community dispute, or the licensee and the Board of Trustees, in the 
case of a licensee dispute, are unable to resolve the dispute within 
30 days of service of the notice of dispute, the disputing parties may 
agree to enter into mediation in good faith to settle the dispute in 
accordance with the mediation rules of the Midstream and 
Downstream Petroleum Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre. 
 
(5), Where the parties agree to mediation, either party may initiate 
the mediation process by serving a mediation notice in writing to the 
other party to the dispute, referring the dispute to the Authority for 
mediation. 
 
(6). A copy of the mediation notice shall be submitted to the 
Authority. 
 
(7). The Authority shall, not later than 15 days from the date of referral 
to the Authority, appoint a mediator from the Centre to resolve the 
dispute. 
 
(8). The mediation meeting shall be held at a venue agreed by 
parties. Where the parties fail to agree on a venue the mediation 
meeting shall be held in the state capital of the host community.