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

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“board of trustees” means the governing board of the Trust established 
under section 242 of the Act; 
 
"designated facility owner” means the owner or operator of petroleum 
crude oil and natural gas transportation pipelines, bulk storage tank 
farms, refineries and gas processing plants in midstream petroleum 
operations and petrochemical plants; 
 
“designated facilities” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Act; 
 
“disruptive act” means an act of vandalism, sabotage or other civil unrest 
that causes damage to designated facilities or disrupts petroleum 
operations within the host communities and includes lock out or lock 
down of the facility by the host community. 
 
 “Fund” means the host communities development trust fund constituted 
by a licensee pursuant to the Act and these Regulations; 
 
“host community” means communities situated in or appurtenant to the 
area of operation of a licensee or designated facilities owner; and any 
other community as may be determined under the Act or these 
Regulations; 
 
“licence” means a licence issued by the Authority in respect of midstream 
or downstream petroleum operations; 
 
“licensee” means a holder of a licence whose area of operation is 
located in or appurtenant to a host community, and shall include the 
owner or operator of designated facilities as prescribed in the Act; 
 
“littoral community” means a community appurtenant or adjacent to 
Nigerian territorial waters where midstream petroleum operations are 
being undertaken in shallow or deep water; 
 
“management committee” means the committee set up under section 
247 of the Act; 
 
“midstream petroleum operations” has the meaning given to it in section 
318 of the Act as it relates to midstream gas and petroleum liquids 
operations;