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2. The obligations or benefits of the concession shall not be transferred
without the prior consent in writing of Her Majesty’s Government.
3. The employees of the Company in Qatar shall at all times be British
subjects or Netherlands subjects or subjects of the Shaikh; provided that, with the
consent of the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, persons of other nationalities may
be employed if in the opinion of the Company they are required for the efficient
carrying on of the operation of the Concession.
4. One of the senior local employees of the Company shall be designated
chief local representative of the Company in Qatar. The approval of Her
Majesty’s Government shall be required for the person so designated but such
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. He shall be ordinarily resident in
Qatar and will be responsible for the local relations of the Company with the Qatar
authorities which shall, except in routine or unimportant matters be conducted
through Her Majesty’s representative in Qatar.
5. Subject to the terms of the Concession the Company shall at all times pay
due regard to the advice of the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, and the Political
Officers subordinate to him. The Company will recognise the jurisdiction exercised
in Qatar under the Qatar Order in Council.
6. The right given to the Company by the Concession to utilise means of
transportation by air shall be subject to any regulations regarding civil aviation
in force in Qatar.
7. The Company shall not construct any landing-ground without the prior
consent of Her Majesty’s Government and the Shaikh and except in accordance
with the terms and conditions of such consent, and any landing-ground so con­
structed shall be used only in accordance with such terms and conditions as may
be laid down by Her Majesty’s Government and the Shaikh.
8. The Company shall not have the right to use or occupy, and shall not
include in the areas selected for the purposes of the operation of the Concession,
any sites which may have been selected by or on behalf of the Shaikh or Her
Majesty’s Government for defence purposes, for airfields, aircraft bases or for
wireless or telegraph installations or in connexion with the development of
harbours, provided that with the consent of Her Majesty’s Government which shall
not be unreasonably withheld the Company shall have the right to use for the
purposes of the operation of the Concession such harbours as may be developed
by the Shaikh or Her Majesty’s Government if there is not reasonable harbour
accommodation available elsewhere. Harbours and sea terminals, and the docks
and other facilities in connexion therewith, developed by the Company shall, in
so far as Her Majesty’s Government are concerned, be under the complete and
exclusive control of the Company.
9. Telegraph, wireless and telephone installations, if any, maintained by the
Company shall be for use only in its business and as provided in the Concession and
shall be so constructed and operated that their operations shall not interfere with
the operations of such wireless, telegraph or telephone installations as may be
established by the Shaikh or Her Majesty’s Government or their agents.
10. The Company shall do nothing to prejudice the fixing of the boundaries
of the seabed area appertaining to Qatar and shall not dispute with the Shaikh or
Her Majesty’s Government regarding these boundaries. Until the fixing of the
seabed boundaries, the Company will refrain from any drilling operations or other
works permanently affecting the seabed or subsoil in any area or areas which the
Shaikh or Her Majesty’s Government may define.
11. The Company’s operations shall be carried out with due regard to the
character of high seas of the waters overlaying the seabed appertaining to Qatar
outside territorial waters. In particular, the Company shall, in the exercise of its
rights and in the fulfilment of its obligations under the Concession, interfere to the
minimum extent possible with, and take adequate precautions for the protection
of, navigation, fishing and pearling; and it shall comply with all reasonable require­
ments of Her Majesty’s Government and of the competent authorities of Qatar
affecting fishing, pearling and the navigation of ships and aircraft.
12. Should the Company propose to construct a refinery in Qatar, it will
inform Her Majesty’s Government and, if required to do so, will consult with Her
Majesty’s Government about the details of its proposals.
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