Mines and Minerals Amendment Regulations 1997 (L.N. No. 152 of 1997)

IL~!2al NotlCl' No :'121 f' HE M INf-:S \,'\1 ) \l:''1Y.,\LS ,\CT 11)')0 ( I'\ () 'tl t (90) I THE r\'II N I ~S 4ND M INU-<ALS (Mvl END M ENT) REGULATIONS 1997 IN e xe rc ise or the p owcr~ confe lTed by sect ion 80 of the 1\11111'" and Mine ra ls A c t. 1990. 1. D AVID V V OUZA. M ini Sle r of E ner!:')' . .\III1C' and- M i ne ra I s. do hereby make the fo ll ow i ng. regu latiom - I. Th esc Reg u lati o ns m ay be c itcd as the MlI1c\ JIHJ Mine ral s (Am e ndme nt) Reg ulati o ns 1997. 2. Reg ulati o n 3 of th Mines a nd 1inL' ral~ Reg ul a ti o n ~ 1996 is he rc b y a mc nd ed in the fo ll owing rcspl'ct, - (a) hy de le u ng s u bpa ragrap h 14( c) ;lJ1d s ubs titlltin g th c refor the fo ll ()\\' ln g new subparagraph Ie) - (c) In th e case of a m in ing lease or a hllildlll)2 m a te ri a ls pe m llt. cause negoti a tI on to be conductcu w ith th e app li ca nt o n Ill;iltc rs re lati ng to th e tL'rlll ' :lnd co nditi o ns o f suc h leasL:. or bu il ding matenals [,ernllt and o n th e ..:o ncl us io n o f s uc h negoti at io ns. i, s uL' ttl th c a ppli ca nt a minin g lease or bu ild in g materials pc rmit. as th e case m ay he o n the terms and COllditll'ns ag reed up o n ." (b ) by re num be rin g paragraph (IS) a\ regul a tion 3 B and addin g imme di ate ly befo re the paraoraph so re numbe re d the fo ll o win g new regu latio n as reg ul a ti on 3 A - "Spec i a l 3A. ( I ) In the case of an appli cati on for a si te ri g ht. s pec ia l s ite ri g ht , o r road access li cen ce, the road access Directo r sha ll , exce pt w he re the land in q ucs tlon is l icc n ce, dec la rcd a publi c road unde r the R oad s Act , cau~e e tc. negotiati o ns to be co ndu c te d with th e land nw ner:-- in th e area in respect of whic h thc app l icat ion has been m ad e and o n the conc lu,> ion of ~ tl c h negoti a ti om. req uirc th at it be reduced [(1 \\ 1I{11l ~ in th e fo rm o f an ag recmen t (2) W h er c a n agree ment h:l\ iW l' 11 reac hed pur~ u a n t to ~ u b regu lation (1) th e f)lr\.'c t,lI' s h a ll subject to th e provision s of the /\ ( t <t nd regu lati on~ ISSlie to ~uc h il p p li cant th c relevant Ilce ll cl' on sli ch terms a nd co nditions as he Ill:!\' deem necessary." 72 Da ted at Honiara this seve nth day of /\pri 1 1997. ( DAVID V VOUZA Minister o f Energy. Mines and i'v1incfah