Petroleum Act (with its variations) is a stock

short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title and a long title. Th ...

used internationally for legislation relating to

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...

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Bahamas

* The Petroleum Act 1971

Bangladesh

* The Petroleum Act 1934

India

* The Petroleum Act 1934

Iran

* The Petroleum Act 1987

Ireland

* The Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960

Jamaica

* The Petroleum Act 1979

Kenya

* The Petroleum Act 2019

Malawi

* The Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act 1984

Malaysia

*The Petroleum Development Act 1974 *The

Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies) Act 1974 Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude ...

*The Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967 *The Petroleum Mining Act 1966 *The Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984

New Zealand

* The Petroleum Act 1937

Nigeria

* The Petroleum Act 1969

Norway

* The Petroleum Act 1996

Thailand

* The Petroleum Act 1971

Trinidad and Tobago

* The Petroleum Act 1969

United Kingdom

*The

Petroleum Act 1998 The Petroleum Act 1998 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which consolidated arrangements for the licensing, operation and abandonment of offshore installations and pipelines. As a consolidation Act, it did not change the substant ...

(c 17) *The Petroleum Royalties (Relief) and Continental Shelf Act 1989 (c 1) *The

Petroleum Act 1987 The Petroleum Act 1987 (1987 chapter 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which updates the arrangements for regulating offshore installations and their operation. In particular it makes provisions for the licensing and the saf ...

(c 12) *The Advance Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1986 (c 68) *The Petroleum Royalties (Relief) Act 1983 (c 59) *The

Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 The Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 (1980 c. 1) is a UK Act of Parliament associated with UK enterprise law that made new provisions for petroleum revenue tax (introduced by the Oil Taxation Act 1975). The Act required that payments on account o ...

(c 1) *The

Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975 The Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975 (1975 chapter 74) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which addressed the licensing, ownership, exploitation, production, transportation, processing and refining of petroleum and pet ...

(c 74) *The

Offshore Petroleum Development (Scotland) Act 1975 The Offshore Petroleum Development (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 8) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which facilitated the onshore construction of offshore oil platforms for the UK Continental Shelf. Its provisions permitted the acqui ...

(c 8) *The Petroleum (Production) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c 28) (NI) *The Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act (Northern Ireland) 1937 (c 4) (NI) *The

Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 The Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 ( 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 27) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which empowered local authorities, that had granted licences to keep petroleum spirit, to transfer a licence to anothe ...

(26 Geo 5 & 1 Edw 8 c 27) *The

Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 The Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5 ch. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which clarified the ownership of underground petroleum, vesting it in the Crown. It made provision for searching and boring for and get ...

(24 & 25 Geo 5 c 36) *The

Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 (20 Geo. 5. c. 13 (N.I.)) is an act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland which consolidates enactments relating to petroleum and petroleum products that already applied to other parts of ...

(c 13) (NI) *The

Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5 c. 32) is a UK Act of Parliament to consolidate the enactments relating to petroleum and petroleum-spirit. It specified and updated the conditions for the granting of licenses for keeping pet ...

(18 & 19 Geo 5 c 32) *The

Petroleum (Amendment) Act 1928 The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5 c. 32) is a UK Act of Parliament to consolidate the enactments relating to petroleum and petroleum-spirit. It specified and updated the conditions for the granting of licenses for keeping pet ...

(18 & 19 Geo 5 c 20) *The

Petroleum Act 1926 The Petroleum Act 1926 ( 16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 25) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amends and extends the Petroleum Acts 1871 and 1879. Background The Petroleum Acts 1871 and 1879 were still the principal Acts controlling ...

(16 & 17 Geo 5 c 25) *The Petroleum (Production) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo 5 c 52) *The Petroleum Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict c 56) *The

Petroleum Act 1862 The Petroleum Act 1862 ( 25 & 26 Vict. c. 66) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the safe-keeping of petroleum. Background The large-scale production of petroleum began in the United States in 1859 from oil wells in Pennsylv ...

(26 & 27 Vict c 66 The Petroleum Acts 1871 to 1881 was the

collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. Construction of references to citation with a group ...

of the following Acts:The

Short Titles Act 1896 The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a ...

, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 *The

Petroleum Act 1871 The Petroleum Act 1871 ( 34 & 35 Vict. c. 105) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate the storage and transport of petroleum and similar substances. Background The storage and transport of petroleum and petroleum produ ...

(34 & 35 Vict c 105) *The

Petroleum Act 1879 The Petroleum Act 1879 ( 42 & 43 Vict. c. 47) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which continued and amended the Petroleum Act 1871. Background The storage and transport of petroleum and petroleum products had been controlled ...

(42 & 43 Vict c 47) *The Petroleum (Hawkers) Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict c 67)

Zambia

* The Petroleum Act 1930

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