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[Subsidiary]
Renewal or surrender of prospecting licences.
Mining licence.
First Schedule, Form V.
Duty to submit prospecting plan.
L.N. 155/63.
Power to substitute mining lease for mining licence.
L.N. 155/63.
Renewal of mining licences. L.N. 155/63.
Grant of mining lease within prospecting licence or mining licence boundaries.
L.N. 155/63.
Obligations in respect of labour and power of modification.
Acceptance of horse-power equivalent in substitution. L.N. 155/63.
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Mining (General) Regulations, [1971 Ed.
one time (being a period referred to in regulation 14), as he may deem proper, and such power may be exercised by the Commissioner notwithstanding that the period for which suspension of the obligation or reduction of the average minimum rate of expenditure, as the case may be, is granted, has commenced to run.
16. Application for the renewal or surrender of a prospecting licence shall be made through the Superintendent of Mines.
PART IV.
MINING.
17. A mining licence shall be in the form prescribed in the First Schedule.
18. In addition to the plan furnished in accordance with the provisions of regulation 3, the applicant shall submit to the Superintendent of Mines for retention a further plan on a scale not smaller than 1:2500 showing all prospecting done on the area in respect of which the application for a mining licence is made together with the minerals found and a statement of the ore reserves as calculated from such prospecting.
19. Where there is reason to believe that the mineral deposit is such as to justify the grant of a mining lease, such a lease may be granted in substitution for a mining licence provided that the applicant complies with the provisions of the Ordinance and of these regulations in respect thereof.
20. Application for renewal of a mining licence shall be made through the Superintendent of Mines.
21. (1) The holder of a prospecting licence or mining licence may apply for a mining lease on the prescribed form.
(2) Where there is reason to believe that the mineral deposit is not such as to justify the grant of a mining lease, a mining licence may be granted to the holder of a prospecting licence provided that the applicant complies with the provisions of the Ordinance and of these regulations in respect of mining licences.
22. (1) The holder of a mining licence or mining lease shall keep continuously employed in mining operations on the area to which the licence or lease relates at least five persons for every ten acres or part thereof. 4 hectares
(2) (a) Labour-saving apparatus calculated at the rate of one horse power to one person may be accepted in substitution, pro rata, for the number of persons specified in paragraph (1).