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GUYANA.

ACT NO.

1 OF 1971.

MINERALS ACT, 1971.

I assent.

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Lf -March, 1971.

Arrangement of Sections.

Section 1.

Short title.

2.

Regulation of extraction 3.

Power to make regulations.

4, Spec::ific provisions in relation to regulations.

and marketing of minerals.

No.

1) THE LAWS OF GUYANA [A.O.

1971 A �CT to rnaK\: provision for the orderly of minerals prepared and the orderly or manJfactured therefrom.
production extraction and marketing and marke ·ng of articles A. D. 1971 Enacted by the Par!

�Tent of Guyana:- 'ihort title This Act may be cited as the Minerals Act, 1971. of R�&ulation extracth,Tl and m,uket­ u,e of 111111erals 2.

'lo person shall extract any m neral or shall prepare or for market any article or thing therefrom or shall market or any such arucle or thing except in accordance thereto rncluding any regulations made under mam,facture any such mineral with the law relating this Act.
Power to make rei:ulation, 3.

( 1) The Mini�ter following purposes- may make regulations for all or any of the (a)the orderly (b)the orderly extraction production of any mineral; of any article or thing pre­ pared or manufactured mineral; and for market from any ( c)the orderly marketing of any mineral or manufactured or of any article for market from or thing prepared any mineral.

Minister responsible ( Z > The tions for the purpose rate.
cess or other impost in respect of any mineral any such extraction, section for finance may make regula­ of any tax, duty, or in respect of in sub­ as is specified for the imposition or marketing of providing production ( I ) .
(3) (a) Save as otherwise provided in paragraph regulat,ons negative resolution; made under this Act shall be subject (b), to ( b)regulations referred lations shall be subject made under subsection to in subsection to affirmauve (2) and regu­ (2) of section resolution 4 Speciflc provI!.1ons 1� relatwn to re211Iationi -+.
( I l Without by sccllon fcm:tl 1_11ay.· lor any of the purposes prejudice 3. regulations to the Minbter mentioned so ·far as appears to the generality under subsection of the powers con· (I) of sec· ion 3 to be necessary provide- in that section, or expedicm ( al for regulatmg the extraction or prohibiting or the production, of any keeping treatment, mineral sale, use or di tribution, agc.

movement, transport.


consumption of any mmeral or of any article pr�pared or manufactu mineral such mineral antl for controlhng or article from any the pnces at which any �ed for l!1arket may be sold; sto,·­ or thin<> ( h)for regul_ating the ca�rying on of any undertaking 111 the e,traction or mark.cting of any mine- engaged A.D. 1971] MINE LS o.
1 or marketing ral or the production or thing prepared or manufactured any IIlllleral and for controlling may be made by the undertakers doing of any work by them; the charges in respect which of the for market from of any article (c) persons carrying to produce on or employed in to such authority for requiring any such undertaking or person as may be specified lation any books, account or other doc1Jiments relating to that undertaking such person to furnish to such authority as may be so specified may be required and for requiring or person by or under the regulations; such estimates by or under the regu­ or retums as any (d) the doing of anything for prohibiting vision under the authority authority regulations; is made by or under the regulations except by such of a licence in the or person as may be specified granted for which pro­ ( e)for any incidental thinks for which matters or supplementary for the purposes it expedient the Minister tioned in subsection ( 1) of section including to and inspection which the regulatic:ns by persons relate in that behalf to secunng with a view by or under the regulations men­ 3 to provide, of premises with the regulations, compllance the entering authorised may be made so as to apply either and any such regulations undertakings generally or clas,s or undertakings of persons part of any unc.lenaking Guyana or in any particular area thereof.
and either and so as to have effect either or to any particular to the whole or any to person or undertaking throughout taining orderly manufactured control undertaking, it is expedient pursuance regulations on behalf (2)If it appears the orderly extraction production or marketing or marketing of any article to the Minister that in the interes of any mi:neral t of main­ or the or thing pr pared or it is necessary to take for market from any mineral, of the State of the whole or any part of an existing such control, of exercising and that, for the purpose tha: the undertaking of regu ations made under subsection on in made under this Act the Minister may bv ( 1) of section or part should be carried 3- (a)authorise any person (hereinafter controller") to exercise thereof of control, such functions authorised the undertaking, regulations, the State as may be provided and lations; or any part on behalf 0i by or under the regu­ referred to as "an with respect to specified in the p,o .
1 THE LAWS OF GUYANA [A.D. 1971 (b)authorise an authorised whole or any part of any existing accordance with any instructions controller to carry on the of the Minister.
in undertaking ( 3)So long as any such regulation as is referred to in para­ graph (a) of subsection ing or part of an undertaking- (2) is in force with respect to any undertak­ (i)the authorised in accordance the Minister; (ii) the undertaking and controller given to him by with any instructions shall exercise his functions or part shall be carried on in accord­ in accordance with the provisions given by the authorised ance with any directions controller regulations, management shall comply with any such regulation to as is referred is carry­ controller of any such regulation (2) an authorised and any person having any functions in relation of the of or part to the undertaking .
( 4)While by virtue in paragraph (b) of subsection ing on the whole or any part of an undertaking- ( a)he shall be deemed to be acting except that the undertakers undertakers, have any right to control undertaking the carrying or any part of the undertaking; and on of the as the agent of the shall not (b)the undertakers shall not be bound, or as the case m the regulation may be, shall not in respect be specified obligation virtue functions.
or limitation as ma, of such matters , be bound by anY on them by or by imposed of any law or instrument determining their (5)Before making any regulation shall give the undertaker referred in relation a:e pr?posed to be made notice in writing (2)the Minister regulations the� of_ that _1�tenti?n.
and of their right to make any representatiom !O him _m wntmg Wit�m such time as may be pecified in the notice 10 relation to whom the informing to in subsection to the makmg of such regulations: in this subsection �r�vided that nothing hall affect the right of if, after considering the M1nt ter to make such regulations entations it is necessary in subsection duly made to him by the undertakers, so to do for any of the purposes or expedient (1) of section any repre­ that he is satisfied mentioned 3.
( 6)Where any regulation referred to in ubsection those regulations shall, (2) have unless sooner been made by the Minister revoked by the Minister, cease to be in force at the expiration of a A.D. 1971] MINERALS [No.

1 period of three months beginning made, but without at or before the end of that period.

prejudice on the date on which they were to the making of other such regulations Passed by the National Assembly on the 1st of March,,J.�7J.

(Bill No.

3/1971) Clerk of� �ssembly, ,.

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