(u.1) “oil sands strata” means the geological intervals defined in the Regulator’s Oil Sands Area Orders OSA 1, 2 and 3, as amended from time to time; (v) “operator” means the holder of an approval under the Act; The purposes of this Act are of Act (a) to effect the conservation of, and to prevent the waste of, the oil, gas and crude bitumen resources of Alberta, (b) to secure the observance of safe and efficient practices in the locating, spacing, drilling, equip ping, completing, reworking, testing, operating and abandonment of wells and in operations for the production of oil, gas and crude bitumen, (c) to afford each owner the opportunity of obtaining his share of the production of oil or gas 1.020 (1) The terms defined in section 1 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act have the same meaning in these Rules. (2) In these Rules, 1. “Act” means the Oil and Gas Conservation Act; 2. “base MRL” means the maximum rate of production that would apply where a maximum rate limitation is prescribed if no penalty factor, whether its purpose be for proration, for the avoidance of waste or for protection of the rights of others, were to be applied;