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

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contravention, misconduct or mismanagement, and shall direct 
the licensee to take such remedial action, within such time frame, 
as may be specified by the Authority in the notice.  
 
(5) Where the licensee fails to undertake the specified remedial action 
or fails to comply with the directives of the Authority pursuant to 
sub-regulation (4) of this regulation, the licensee shall be liable to 
administrative penalty of N5,000,000.00. 
 
(7) The administration of trust shall be subject to the provisions of the 
Companies and Allied Matters Act and any other applicable law 
in force. 
 
11. (1) The trustees and the licensee shall not wind up or dissolve the 
trust except with the approval of the Authority.  
 
(2) Where the trustees or licensee, as the case may be, intends to 
wind up or dissolve the trust, the trustees or licensees shall submit to 
the Authority- 
 
a) the reason for the winding up or dissolution of the trust; 
b) the proposed timeframe for the winding up or dissolution of 
the trust;  
c) process for the winding up or dissolution of the trust; and  
d) any other information the Authority may direct. 
 
(3) The Authority may in its discretion, approve or refuse to approve 
the proposed dissolution of the trust.  
 
(4) The Authority may approve the dissolution of a trust where –  
(a) 
the trust is no longer required; 
(b) 
the object of the trust has been fully realised 
(c) 
the licence of the licensee has expired or been 
revoked;  
(d) 
 the Fund has been fully exhausted and not 
replenished or 
(e) the trust has not carried out the objects for which it 
was set up. 
 
(5). Where the Authority refuses to approve the proposed 
dissolution of a trust, it shall give reason for doing so. 
Winding up and 
dissolution of the 
trust