Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)Chapter 7 : General and Miscellaneous Provisions102. Amendment of rights, permits, programmes and plans |
| (1) | A reconnaisance permission, prospecting right, mining right, mining permit, retention permit, technical corporation permit, reconnaisance permit, exploration right, production right, prospecting work programme; exploration work programme, production work programme, mining work programme, environmental management programme, or an environmental authorization issued in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, as the case may be, may not be amended or varied (including by extension of the area covered by it or by the addition of minerals or a share or shares or seams, mineralised bodies, or strata, which are not at the time the subject thereof) without the written consent of the Minister. |
| (2) | The amendment or variations referred to in subsection (1), shall not be made if the effect of such amendment or variation is to - |
| (a) | extend an area or portion of an area, or |
| (b) | add a share or shares of the mineralised body, unless the omission of such area or share was a result of the administrative error. |
[Section 102 substituted by section 72 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Act, 2008]