Mining Titles Registration Act, 1967 (Act No. 16 of 1967)

Regulations

Mining Titles and Registration Regulations, 2004

Chapter X : Office Fees and Charges
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75. The fees and charges mentioned in the Act shall be those specified in Schedule "B" to these regulations subject, however, to the following exemptions:
(a) Any person engaged in research work of a historical character or of general public interest may be permitted, subject to such conditions as the Director-General may stipulate, to search the records and registers free of the payment of any fees. Any applicant who is a student of a tertiary institution incorporated by an Act of the Republic shall produce a certificate from the principal of such tertiary institution and in the case of any other person a certificate from the Director-General describing the purpose for which the search is to be made.
(b) No fee shall be payable if the same would within the meaning of Act 59 of 1962 or any amendment thereof be legally payable and borne by the State or any Department thereof.
(c) No fee shall be payable in respect of any transfer or cession of any right to the Republic or any Department thereof if such transfer or cession is in pursuance of a donation to or expropriation by the State of such right.
(d) No fees shall be levied by the Director-General in respect of the performance of any act prescribed by sections 5(1)(q), (r), (t), (u) and (v) and 40 of the Act.

 

76. Upon written application by any local authority carrying out its statutory powers or duties to search the records kept in the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office, the Director-General may allow such search to be conducted upon payment of the prescribed fees unless provision has been made in any law allowing such searches to be made on behalf of such local authority without charge or at a higher or lower rate.

 

77. The Director-General may determine fees to be paid in respect of particulars of transactions entered into in the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office published in a newspaper or periodical if such publication serves a public purpose.