REGISTRATION OF DRILLING RIGS

REGISTRATION OF DRILLING RIGS [S.L.423.13 1

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 423.13

REGISTRATION OF DRILLING RIGS

REGULATIONS

24th October, 1997

LEGAL NOTICE , as amended by Legal Notice

1. The title of these regulations is the Registration of Drilling Citation.

Rigs Regulations.

2. (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise Interpretation.

requires:

"Act" means the Water Services Corporation Act; Cap. 355.

"drilling rig" or "rig" means any equipment intended for use to

drill holes of a diameter greater than one hundred millimetres and

of a depth in excess of fifteen meters. It includes also any

equipment, whether registered or not with the Police as a normal

heavy vehicle or heavy plant, which is temporarily or permanently

altered mechanically so as to drill holes as mentioned above;

"Corporation" means the Water Services Corporation as

established by the Act;

"officer" includes any person engaged by, detailed for duty with,

or in any manner whatsoever performing duties for or on behalf of

the Corporation;

"user" means the person who has the effective control of use of

the drilling rig.

(2) The meanings set out in the Act shall be applicable in these

regulations, unless the context requires otherwise.

Registration of

drilling rigs.

3. (1) Every user shall inform the Corporation of the

existence of all drilling rigs, whether or not so registered with the

Police, over which he has effective control of use.

(2) The information required in subregulation (1) shall be given

in the form established by the Corporation in the Schedule, and

shall include all the particulars and shall meet all the requirements

stipulated therein.

(3) The form indicated in subregulation (2) may be collected

from the offices of the Corporation or from any other place which

the Corporation may designate.

Fee on registration.

Amended by:

L.N. 426 of 2007.

4. (1) There shall be paid to the Corporation, upon the

registration of the drilling rig, a fee of sixty-nine euro and eightyeight

cents (€69.88).

(2) A drilling rig shall not be deemed to be registered for the

purposes of these regulations unless and until the relative fee has

been paid.

(3) If a drilling rig is registered by more than one person, only

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one fee shall be paid.

Temporary licence. 5. Subject to the provisions of these regulations, every

drilling rig registered in accordance with the provisions of

regulations 3 and 4 shall be deemed to be operated under a

temporary licence from the Corporation.

Penalty.

Amended by:

L.N. 426 of 2007.

6. (1) Every user who fails to inform the Corporation as

prescribed in regulations 3 and 4, or who submits incorrect,

incomplete or false information, shall be guilty of an offence and

shall be liable to a fine (multa) of not less than nine thousand and

three hundred and seventeen euro and forty-nine cents (€9,317.49)

but not exceeding eighteen thousand and six hundred and thirtyfour

euro and ninety-nine cents (€18.634.99) and t o the

confiscation of the drilling rig.

(2) Such fine shall be payable within a period of time as the

Court in passing sentence shall direct.

(3) Such fine and confiscation shall be over and above, and in

addition to, any other punishment for which he would be liable

under any other law or regulation.

Executing officers. 7. The Corporation may designate any officer or officers to

carry out duties in connection with, or arising from, these

regulations.

Groundwater

source.

S.L. 423.12

8. The registration of a drilling rig does not in any way give

any right to the user to drill any hole which may be defined as a

groundwater source according to the Registration of Ground Water

Sources Regulations.

Third party rights. 9. The registration of a drilling rig by a user shall in no way

prejudice any rights or claims which third parties may have over

such drilling rig.

Other requirements

non-exempt.

10. The permit given by regulation 5 does not exempt the user

from the obligation of obtaining any other permit or licence which

may be required by any other law or regulation.

REGISTRATION OF DRILLING RIGS [S.L.423.13 3

SCHEDULE

(Regulation 3)

REGISTRATION OF A DRILLING RIG/BORING EQUIPMENT

DETAILS OF OWNERSHIP

1. OWNER OF RIG* .................................................

2. ADDRESS .................................................

.................................................

*(Where the owner is a non-physical person, the details of the managing director

and/or the legal representative of such person are to be submitted.)

TECHNICAL DETAILS OF RIG

3. MANUFACTURER .................................................

4. MODEL .................................................

5. YEAR OF MANUFACTURE .................................................

6. TYPE* .................................................

*(Specify whether mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic)

7. MOBILITY (Truck* or Trailer mounted) .................................................

*Truck details to be included

8. RATING (DEPTH, metres) .................................................

9. MAST HEIGHT .................................................

10. CHASSIS NUMBER .................................................

11. RIG ENGINE TYPE .................................................

12. RIG ENGINE NUMBER .................................................

13. RIG ENGINE CAPACITY .................................................

14. INTENDED PURPOSE .................................................

TECHNICAL DETAILS OF TRUCK

15. MANUFACTURER .................................................

16. MODEL .................................................

17. YEAR OF MANUFACTURE .................................................

18. TYPE .................................................

19. TRUCK ENGINE NUMBER .................................................

20. TRUCK CHASSIS NUMBER .................................................

21. TRUCK REGISTRATION NUMBER .................................................

I, the undersigned, hereby declare that the details submitted above are true and

correct.

Signature: ..................................... I.D No. ..............................

Date: ...........................................

For Office Use Only

Signature: ..................................... Date: .................................

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