The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006
63. Transitional
arrangements.-
1. Where,
before the commencement of this Act, an agreement or agreements have been
entered into between one oil company and another for the purpose of sharing of
petroleum products or sharing of infrastructure facilities among the oil
companies and such agreements have been approved by the Central Government, the
Board may monitor the implementation of such agreements for the transition
period.
2. The
Board shall monitor setting up of dealerships and distributorships of motor
spirit, high speed diesel, superior kerosene oil, liquefied petroleum gas and
CNG stations for natural gas during transition period by the entities without
encroaching on the retail network of the existing entities. Explanation I.-For
the purposes of this section, the expression "transition period"
shall mean a period of three years from the date of commencement of this Act.
Explanation II.- For the purposes of this section, "infrastructure
facilities" shall mean facilities at ports, refineries, terminals, depots
and aviation fuelling stations including hydrant lines and shall include
loading and unloading facilities. Explanation III.-For the purposes of this
section "encroaching" includes taking over of retail outlet of one
entity by another.