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In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,

"aviation clearance" means the licence or permit from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority to operate a particular service within a flight zone or jurisdiction;

"contractor" means any person, body corporate or other legal entity which has entered into a petroleum agreement with the Republic and the Corporation;

"environmental permit" means an environmental authorisation to commence a proposed undertaking or continue with that undertaken issued after registration of the undertaking or upon submission of a Preliminary Environmental Report or Environmental Impact Statement;

"exploration working period" means the sub-period under the exploration period which comprises the initial, first and second extension periods;

"explosives permit" means authorisation or licence to import, store and use explosives;

"fully indigenous Ghanaian company" means a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179) which

(a) is fully owned by a citizen or citizens; and

(b) has Ghanaian citizens holding at least eighty percent of executive and senior management positions and one hundred percent of the non-managerial and other positions;

"indigenous Ghanaian company" means a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179) which

(a) has at least fifty-one percent of its equity owned by a citizen or citizens; and

(b) has Ghanaian citizens holding at least eighty percent of executive and senior management positions and one hundred percent of the non-managerial and other positions;

"licensee" means any person, firm, body corporate or other entity which has been granted a reconnaissance licence or a licence for transportation, treatment or storage of petroleum;

"operator" means the company or the Corporation carrying out the petroleum activities on behalf of the contractors or the Corporation under a petroleum agreement or the licensees under a licence;

"petroleum production" means the recovery and disposal of petroleum including any works and services connected with the recovery or disposal;

"radio-active material" means a material produced in, or a material made radio-active by exposure to the radiation incidental to, the process of producing or utilising nuclear fuel;

"security clearance" means authorisation that allows vessels and other marine equipment to enter and operate in Ghana's territorial waters;

"upstream petroleum industry" means any activity that involves or is incidental to the exploration for, development and production of petroleum in the nature of the acquisition of data, drilling, plugging and abandonment of wells, treatment, storage, pipeline transportation, decommissioning and the planning, design, construction, installation, operation and use of any facility for the purpose of these activities; and

"Work permit" means authorisation to work in Ghana.