MINES AND MINERALS

CHAPTER 61:01
MINES AND MINERALS

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Objective of the Act

    4.    Ownership of minerals

PART II
MINING AND MINERALS REGULATORY AUTHORITY

Division 1
Establishment of Mining and Minerals Regulatory Authority

    5.    Establishment of the Authority

    6.    Functions of the Authority

    7.    Powers of the Authority

    8.    Composition of the Authority

    9.    Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Authority

    10.    Tenure of office

    11.    Vacancies

    12.    Meetings of the Authority

    13.    Committees of the Authority

    14.    Co-opted persons

    15.    Honoraria of members of the Authority

Division 2
Administration

    16.    Secretariat

    17.    Director General of the Authority

    18.    Duties and responsibilities of the Director General

    19.    Tenure of office of the Director General

    20.    Removal of the Director General

    21.    Other staff of the Authority

    22.    Dismissal of staff of the Authority

Division 3
Funds and Property of the Authority

    23.    Funds of the Authority

    24.    Levy

    25.    Accounting and audit

    26.    Financial year of the Authority

PART III
INSPECTION, GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND THE REGISTER

Division 1
Inspection of Mining Activities

    27.    Appointment of inspectors

    28.    Functions and powers of inspectors

    29.    Emergency suspension order

Division 2
Registration of Mineral Tenements

    30.    Register of mineral tenement applications and mineral tenements

    31.    Registration of grantees of mineral tenements

    32.    Public access to the Register

    33.    Mistakes in records of the Register

    34.    Liability for making false entries in the Register

PART IV
MINERAL TENEMENTS

Division 1
General

    35.    Mineral tenement or artisanal mining permit required

    36.    Types of mineral tenements and artisanal mining permit

    37.    Obtaining a mineral tenement

    38.    Mineral tenement activities subject to other written laws

    39.    Certificates

    40.    Authority may require report from tenement holder

    41.    Submission and ownership of reports, data and information

    42.    Obligation of holder of terminated mineral tenement

    43.    Preservation of cores

    44.    Registered addresses

    45.    Attachment

Division 2
Direct Application Process for Grant, Extension or Consolidation of Mineral Tenement

    46.    Preliminary examination of mineral tenement related applications

    47.    Duties of the Authority where preliminary examination shows that requirements are not met

    48.    Duties of the Authority where preliminary examination shows that requirements are met

    49.    Priority of application

    50.    Granting process for non-exclusive prospecting, reconnaissance, small-scale mining licences and approval of tenement extensions

    51.    Granting process for exploration, retention, medium-scale and large-scale mining licences

    52.    Application notices

    53.    Objections to grant of medium-scale or large-scale mining licence

    54.    Authority to register licence grant, extension, expansion or application refusal

Division 3
Mineral Tenement Tendering Process

    55.    Temporary reservation for tendering purposes

    56.    Competitive tender process for mineral tenement

    57.    Offence to unduly influence a competitive tender

Division 4
Transfer and Creation of Legal Interests

    58.    Transfer without approval has no force or effect

    59.    Application to transfer a mineral tenement

    60.    Legal or equitable mineral tenement interest only by written consent

    61.    Legal or equitable interest instrument to be registered

    62.    Liability of holder

    63.    Change in control requires notification

Division 5
Consolidation of Mineral Tenements

    64.    Application of this Division

    65.    Tenement types which cannot be consolidated

    66.    Application for mining licence consolidation

    67.    Grant of a consolidated mining licence

    68.    Term of a consolidated mining licence

    69.    Maximum area of a consolidated mining licence

    70.    Shape of area of consolidated mining licence

    71.    Effect of consolidation

Division 6
Surrender of Mineral Tenements

    72.    Application of this Division

    73.    Application for surrender

    74.    Restrictions on surrender of mining licence area

    75.    Duties of the Authority on application to surrender

    76.    Effect of certificate of surrender

    77.    Rights of holder on surrender

    78.    Obligation to mark boundaries after partial surrender of mineral tenement area

Division 7
Suspension, cancellation and expiry of a tenement

    79.    Suspension or cancellation of mineral tenement

    80.    Duties of the Authority on cancellation of mineral tenement

    81.    Duties of the Authority on expiry of a mineral tenement

    82.    Effect of cancellation or expiry on rights and liabilities

Division 8
Removal of Property

    83.    Removal of property from expired, abandoned, surrendered, cancelled mineral tenement area

    84.    Refusal to remove property

    85.    Consequences of failure to remove property

    86.    Deduction of proceeds for failure to remove property

    87.    Property removal costs incurred by Authority

    88.    Penalty for obstructing efforts to remove property

PART V
NON-EXCLUSIVE…