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PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ACT, NO. 6, 2021 
MIDSTREAM PETROLEUM HOST COMMUNITIES’ DEVELOPMENT TRUST 
REGULATIONS, 2024 
 
 
 
Commencement 
In exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 33, 234(2) and 
235(6)(a) of the Petroleum Industry Act, No. 6, 2021 (“the Act”) and of all 
other powers enabling it in that behalf, the Nigerian Midstream and 
Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) makes the 
following Regulations – 
 
 
1. The objectives of these Regulations are to – 
 
(a) 
provide substantive and procedural requirements for 
the establishment and administration of the Trust and the 
Fund for Nigerian midstream petroleum host communities; 
(b) 
outline the parameters for the administration and 
safeguard of the Fund;  
(c) 
prescribe a grievance resolution mechanism for 
settlement of disputes between host communities and 
licensees; and  
(d) 
provide general rules for the implementation of the 
provisions of the Act for the development of midstream 
petroleum host communities. 
 
Objectives 
2. (1) These Regulations shall apply to Nigerian midstream petroleum 
host communities and a holder of a licence engaged in midstream 
petroleum operations as defined in section 318 of the Act.  
 
(2) The Authority may by notice designate the facilities to which 
these Regulations shall apply, provided that the Regulations shall 
apply to designated facilities as provided under the Act. 
 
Application