Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (Act No. 46 of 1999)Chapter IV Minister’s Responsibilities Regarding Source Material, Special Nuclear Material, Restricted Material, Radioactive Waste and Irradiated Fuel47. Reporting of information on occurrence of source material |
| 1) | Any person who, by virtue of information obtained in the course of any prospecting or mining operations or carrying out any scientific investigation or chemical or metallurgical process, or otherwise, has reason to believe that any source material is present at any place, must, within 30 days after having developed the belief, submit to the Minister or any person designated by the Minister for that purpose, a written report on the matter, containing full particulars of the grounds on which the belief is based and of the place where the material may be present. |
| 2) | Despite anything to the contrary contained in any other law, the Minister will have access to and be entitled to the use of all information with regard to mineral values that is in the possession of any person, and such a person must make that information available to the Minister if requested by the Minister to do so. However- |
| a) | no information made available under this subsection may be disclosed to anyone except the Director-General, if necessary, for the performance of any function or work entrusted to the latter in terms of this Act, except with the written permission of the person who made the information available to the Minister under this subsection; and |
| b) | the State may use the information only for feasibility and other studies with regard to source material reserves in the Republic, or matters incidental thereto. |