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Extraordinary Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 38

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Interpretation. 
(2) A person who contravenes the provisions of these Regulations, is 
liable to pay to the Authority an administrative penalty — 
“(a) 
for midstream processing facilities, installations, terminals and 
pipelines, USD100,000 per licence or permit and in addition any permit, 
licence or authorisation granted to that person may be suspended, cancelled, 
or revoked 
; 
(b) 
for blending facilities and petroleum product storage facilities, 
USD50,000 or its equivalent in Naira per licence or permit and in addition, 
any permit, licence or authorisation granted to that person may be suspended, 
cancelled, or revoked 
; and 
: 
(c) for oil and gas retail outlets, N2,000,000 per licence or permit and in 
addition, any permit, licence or authorisation granted to that person may be 
suspended, cancelled, or revoked. 
12. 
In these Regulations — 
“acquisition” means 
a corporate transaction where one company 
purchases all or a substantial interest, portion, shares, or facility of another 
company, such that the acquired company becomes a subsidiary or division 
of the acquiring company 
; 
“Act means the Petroleum Industry Act, No 6, 2021 
; 
“asset” means any facility, installation or system 
for measuring, 
processing, transporting, storing, blending, distributing or handling of crude 
oil or its derivatives, natural gas or its derivatives, petroleum product or any 
form of petroleum liquids ; 
“assignment”means the transfer of a licence or permit or an interest, 
power or right in 
it by any company or person with cquity, participating. 
contractual or working interest in the licence or permit through merger, 
acquisition, takeover, divestment of shares or property, or any such 
transaction that may alter the ownership, equity, rights or interest of the 
assigning company 
in question, not minding the nature of business 
arrangement that the assigning company may be involved in 
; 
“assignment or transfer by acquisition” means direct or indirect take 
over or acquisition of the entire rights or interest in a licence or permit, and 
associated assets of the assigning company, including acquisition of interest 
by an entity in aparent company whose affiliate has interest in a licence or 
permit, or associated assets in Nigeria 
; 
“assignment or transfer by exchange or transfer of shares” means 
the acquisition of part or all the shares of a company which holds a licence 
or permit in Nigeria 
; 
“assignment or transfer by merger” means where a company which 
holds a licence or permit combines with one or more companies to form 
another company by way of payment, exchange of shares or by any other 
means whatsoever 
: