Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)

Schedules

Schedule II : Transitional Arrangements

3. Pending prospecting and mining applications
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(1)Any application for a prospecting permit. mining authorisation, consent to prospect, consent to mine or permission to remove and dispose of any mineral lodged. but not finalised, in terms of section 6, 8 or 9 of the Minerals Act immediately before this Act took effect must be regarded as having been lodged in terms of section 13, 22, 27, 79 or 83 of this Act, as the case may be.

 

(2)If any application contemplated in subitem (1) does not meet the requirements of this Act, the Regional Manager in whose region the land to which the application relates is situated must direct the applicant to submit the outstanding information within 120 days of such direction.

 

(3)Any environmental management programme submitted for approval in terms of section 39(1) of the Minerals Act which had not been approved when this Act took effect must be regarded as having been lodged in terms of section 39 of this Act

 

(4)If the environmental management programme does not meet the requirements of this Act, the Regional Manager in whose region the land to which the environmental management programme relates is situated must direct the holder concerned to submit the outstanding information.

[Item 3(4) of Schedule II substituted by section 79 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Act, 2008]