MINING ORDINANCE - minor amendment

MINING ORDINANCE - minor amendment

CHAPTER 285

NUNING

1. The Mining Ordinance is amended-

(1) in section 2 by repealing the definition of 'mineral' and
substituting-
'mineral' includes-

(a)metalliferous ores and other substances in their
natural state which are obtainable only by
mining or in the course of prospecting opera-
tions;

(b)metalliferous ores and other substances in their
natural state mined or obtained in the course of
prospecting operations;

(c)the valuable parts of such ores or other sub-
stances when unmanufactured;

(d)the product of treating or dressing such ores or
other substances for marketing or export; and

(e) kaolin,
and also includes, for the purposes of section 3 but
not otherwise,-
(i) any clay other than kaolin;
(ii) granite, prophyry, limestone and sand; and
(iii)any common mineral substance which the
Governor by notice in the Gazette declares not
to be a mineral for the purposes of the provisions
of this Ordinance other than section 3,

but does not include mineral oils; (Replaced 3 of
1969 s.2)

(2) in section 6(2) by repealing everything following the words
'shall be referred' and substituting---
to the Secretary for Home Affairs, whose decision shall be
final.

(3) in section 9-

(a)in paragraph (a) by repealing 'Director of Flublic Works'
and substituting Director of Buildings and Lands';

(b)in paragraph (b) by repealing 'one hundred yards' and
substituting ' 100 metres';





(c) in paragraph (c)-
(i) by repealing 'one hundred yards' and substituting
100 metres';
(ii) by repealing 'Director of Public Works' and
substituting 'Director of Buildings and Lands';
(d)in paragraph (e) by repealing 'one hundred yards' and
substituting '100 metres';

(4) by adding after section 28-

28A. No offence under section 27 or 28 is committed
by a person who makes a discharge or deposit under and
in accordance with-
(a)a licence granted under section 20 of the Water
Pollution Control Ordinance; or

(b)an exemption which arises under section 15 of
that Ordinance.
(Added 40 of 1980 s. 5)

(5)in section 50 by repealing 'magistrates under the Magistrates
(Coroners Powers) Ordinance' and substituting 'coroners
under the Coroners Ordinance';

(6) in section 67-

(a) in subsection (1)(d) by adding after 'payment thereof

, or the determination of all or any of such matters by
the Commissioner
(b)in subsection (2)(b) by repealing 'Receivers' and
substituting 'Vessels';

(7)in section 68 by repealing 'Radio-Active Minerals Ordinance'
and substituting 'Radiation Ordinance';

(8)by repealing '(Cap. 145)' from the margin to section 68 and
substituting '(Cap. 303)'.

2. The Mining (General) Regulations are amended-

(1) in regulation 2-

(a)by repealing 'three inches' and substituting '75
millimetres';

(b) by repealing 'two feet'.and substituting '600 milimeteres';

(2) in regulation 3(2)-

(a) by repealing '1:25,000' and substituting '1:20,000';

Rectified by the Attorney General under the Revised Edition of the Laws
Ordinance 1965.





(b) in sub-paragraph (b)-
(i) by repealing '1:25,000' and substituting '1:20,000';
(ii) by repealing 'L882' and substituting 'HM20C';

(3)in regulation 14 by repealing 'ten dollars per acre' and sub-
stituting '$25 per hectare';

(4)in regulation 18 by repealing '1:2,500' and substituting
'1:2,000';

(5)in regulation 22(1) by repealing 'ten acres' and substituting '4
hectares';

(6) in regulation 22(2)--

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) by repealing 'one horse-power to five
persons' and substituting 'I kilowatt per 7 persons';

(b) in sub-paragraph (b)-
(i) by repealing 'horse-power' and substituting
'kilowatt power';
(ii) by repealing 'brake horse-power' and substituting
'output power in kilowatts';

(7)in regulation 22(3) by repealing 'ten acres' and substituting
'4 hectares';

(8)in regulation 26 by repealing 'eight hundred grains per gallon'
and substituting '10 grams per litre';

(9) in regulation 30(4A)-

(a)in sub-paragraph (a) by repealing 'ton' and substituting
'tonne' ;

(b)in sub-paragraph (b) by repealing 'ton' and substituting
'tonne' ;

(10) in regulation 33(1)(d) by repealing '1:2,500' and substituting
'1:2,000';

(11) in regulation 34(1)(b)--

(a)in sub-sub-paragraph (vii) by repealing 'horse-power' and
substituting 'kilowatts';

(b) in sub-sub-paragraph (viii)--
(i) by repealing 'TeeC and substituting 'metres'
(ii) by repealing 'cubic yards' and substituting 'cubic
metres';

(c)in sub-sub-paragraph (ix) by repealing 'footage' and
substituting Iength in metres';





(12) in regulation 34(2)--

(a)in sub-paragraph (a) by repealing 'TboC and substituting
'metre';

(b)in sub-paragraph (b) by repealing 'foot' and substituting
'metre';

(c)in sub-paragraph (c) by repealing 'foot' and substituting
'metre';

(d)in sub-paragraph (d) by repealing 'cubic yard' and
substituting 'cubic metre';

(e)in sub-paragraph (e) by repealing 'ton' and substituting
'tonne' ;

in sub-paragraph (f)-
(i) by repealing 'cubic yard' and substituting 'cubic
metre';
(ii) by repealing 'ton' and substituting 'tonne';

(13) in the Second Schedule-

(a) in paragraph (1)-
(i) by repealing 'acre' and substituting 'hectare';
(ii) by repealing '$5.00 and substituting '$12.50';

(b) in paragraph (2)-
(i) by repealing 'acre' and substituting 'hectare';
(ii) by repealing '$5.00' and substituting '$12.50';

(14) in the Third Schedule-

(a) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by repealing 'acre' and substituting 'hectare,,
(ii) by repealing '$100.00' and substituting '$250.00';

(b) in paragraph (2)-
(i) by repealing 'acre' and substituting 'hectare,,
(ii) by repealing '$5.00' and substituting '$12.50';

(c) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by repealing 'acre' and substituting 'hectare';
(ii) by repealing '$50.00' and substituting '$125.00';

(d) in paragraph (7)--
(i) by repealing 'acre' and substituting 'hctare';
(ii) by repealing '$5.00' and substituting '$12.50'.

3. The Mines (Safety) Regulations are amended in the Third
Schedule-

(a) in item 1 by repealing '305' and substituting '580'





(b) in item 2 by repealing '245' and substituting '505';
(c) in item 3 by repealing '55' and substituting '80' ;
(d) in item 4 by repealing '240' and substituting '540';
(e) in item 5 by repealing '55' and substituting '80'.
3 of 1969 s. 2 L.N. 18 of 1983 L.N. 262 of 1989 L.N. 76 of 1982 L.N. 94 of 1986 L.N. 87 of 1986 L.N. 87 of 1986 L.N. 46 of 1982 L.N. 94 of 1986 L.N. 87 of 1986 41 of 1980 s. 50 Discharges and deposits under Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 358) 57 of 1967 Schedule 8 of 1966 s. 2 87 of 1988 s. 58 L.N. 87 of 1986 L.N. 377 of 1987 L.N. 322 of 1989

3 of 1969 s. 2 L.N. 18 of 1983 L.N. 262 of 1989 L.N. 76 of 1982 L.N. 94 of 1986 L.N. 87 of 1986 L.N. 87 of 1986 L.N. 46 of 1982 L.N. 94 of 1986 L.N. 87 of 1986 41 of 1980 s. 50 Discharges and deposits under Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 358) 57 of 1967 Schedule 8 of 1966 s. 2 87 of 1988 s. 58 L.N. 87 of 1986 L.N. 377 of 1987 L.N. 322 of 1989

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