Section 51: Legal Services.

(1) All operators, contractors and other entities engaged in any operation, business or transaction in the Nigerian oil and gas industry requiring legal services shall retain only the services of a Nigerian Legal practitioner or a firm of Nigerian legal practitioners whose office is located in any part of Nigeria.
(2) All operators shall submit to the Board, every six months, its Legal Services Plan (LSP).
(3) The LSP shall include -
(a) comprehensive report on-
(i) legal services utilized in the past six months by expenditure,
(ii) a forecast of legal services required during the next six months, and
(iii) the projected expenditure for the services ;
(b) a list of - (i) external solicitors utilized for legal services in the past six months,
(ii) the nature of work done, and
(iii) the expenditure made by the operator; and
(c) the annual legal services budget for the past one year in Naira and foreign currencies