Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Act (No. 4 of 2017)
Made 2017-02-01 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Country
- Belize
- Subjects
- Mineral resources
- Keywords
- minerals, mining, inspection, governance
- Categories
- metals-base, metals-precious, minerals-critical
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1. Short title.
2. Insertion of new section 4A in principal Act. No. 4] Mines and Minerals 13 No. 4 of 2017 I assent, (SIR COLVILLE N. YOUNG) Governor-General 1st February, 2017 AN ACT to amend the Mines and Minerals Act, Chapter 226 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to make provision, in the interest of administrative and operational efficiency, for the responsible Minister to delegate certain functions to any Minister of State appointed to assist the Minister; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. (Gazetted 4th February, 2017). BE IT ENACTED, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives and Senate of Belize and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short title and
1. This Act may be cited as the construction. MINES AND MINERALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017, 14 Mines and Minerals [No. 4 and shall be read and construed as one with the Mines and Minerals Act, which as amended, is hereinafter referred to as the principal Act. Insertion of 2. The principal Act is amended by inserting next after new section 4A in principal section 4, the following as section 4A – Act “ Minister 4A. (1) The Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, may delegate specified delegate to any Minister of State appointed to assist him, functions. the exercise or performance of all or any of the powers or functions conferred upon the Minister under the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (4). (2) A delegation under subsection (1) is revocable by the Minister and the delegation of the exercise of a power of the performance of a function shall not preclude its exercise or performance by the Minister. (3) The provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to a power or a function delegated under this section as they would apply where the power or function is exercised or performed by the Minister. (4) The specified provisions are sections 5, 110, 112, 114, 115(1) (a) and (b) and Parts III and VII. (5) The provisions of this section shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of section 59 of the Interpretation Act (power to delegate authority).” Printed in Belize by the Government Printer #1 Power Lane, Belmopan, Belize, C.A.