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MINING RIGHTS, LICENCES AND
CERTIFICATES (IMPOSITION OF FEES)
(CONSOLIDATED AMENDMENTS) LAW,
1983 (PNDCL 67)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Cap. 136 Amended.
2. Cap.155 Amended.
3. Cap. 184 Amended.
4. New Fees for Examinations,
Licences, Permits, etc.
5. Repeal.
6. Commencement.
SCHEDULE
Schedule
IN pursuance of the Provisional
National Defence Council
(Establishment) Proclamation, 1981
this Law is hereby made:
Section 1—Cap. 136 Amended.
The Concessions Ordinance (Cap.
136) is hereby amended as
follows:—
(a) by the substitution for the
fee of "ten New Cedis" appearing
in subsection (3) of section 36
and on Form C in the Schedule
thereto of the new fee of "twenty
cedis";
(b) by the substitution for
subsection (3) of section 37
thereof of the following new
subsection:—
"(3) there shall be payable in
respect of each mining licence a
yearly fee of "one hundred cedis";
and
(c) by the substitution for the
fee of "fifteen New Cedis"
appearing in subsection (3) of
section 38 and on Form E in the
Schedule thereto of the new fee of
"thirty cedis".
Section 2—Cap.155 Amended.
The Minerals Ordinance (Cap. 155)
is hereby amended in subsection
(7) of section 20 thereof by the
substitution for the amount of
"two New Cedis" fixed therein as
the maximum fee for an exclusive
prospecting licence of the amount
of "five cedis".
Section 3—Cap. 184 Amended.
The Mercury Ordinance (Cap. 184)
is hereby amended in section 6
thereof by the addition of the
following:—
"(4) There shall be paid in
respect of any licence issued
under this section other than a
licence issued to an educational
institution the following fees—
¢
dealer's or seller's licence
.. 100.00
buyer's licence .. ..
.. 30.00
Section 4—New Fees for
Examinations, Licences, Permits,
Etc.
(1) Notwithstanding anything
contrary contained in any other
enactment—
(a) there shall be paid in respect
of each examination for the
purpose of issuing the appropriate
certificate set out in Column I of
Part I of the Schedule to this
Law, the fees set out in Column II
of this Part; and
(b) there shall be paid for each
licence, permit or authority set
out in Column I of Part II of the
Schedule to this Act, the fees set
out in Column II of that Part.
(2) The enactments set out in
Column I of Part III of the
Schedule to this Law shall have
effect subject to the amendments
set out in relation thereto in
Column II of that Part.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) or
(2) of this section shall be
deemed to derogate from any powers
possessed by any authority to
amend any of the enactments set
out in Part III of the Schedule to
this Law.
Section 5—Repeal.
The Mining Rights, Licences and
Certificates (Imposition of Fees)
(Consolidated Amendments) Act,
1970 (Act 348) is hereby repealed.
Section 6—Commencement.
This Law shall be deemed to have
come into force on the 21st day of
April, 1983.
SCHEDULE
PART I
Column 1 Column 2
The following Certificates
required by Regulations made under
the Mining Rights REgulation
Ordinance (Cap. 153)—
1. Winding engine driver's
certificate twenty-five
Cedis
2. Blasting Certificate
twenty Cedis
3. Shift Boss/Mine foreman
certificate fifty Cedis
4. Mine Manager's /underground
Manager's certificate two
hundred cedis
5. Mine captain's certificate one
hundred Cedis
PART II
The following licences, permits,
etc. required by Regulation made
under the Explosives Ordinance
(Cap. 254)—
Column 1 Column 2
6. Explosives storage or magazine
licence .. .. .. one
hundred Cedis in respect of
commercial dealers and fifty Cedis
in respect of other surface
magazines.
7. Permit to purchase, possess,
etc. explosives. .. ..
fifty Cedis
8. Authority to sell or otherwise
transfer explosives .. fifty
Cedis
PART III
Column 1 Column 2
Regulations made under Mining
Rights Regulation Ordinance (Cap.
153). (a) in regulation 38
insert as sub-paragraph (d) of
paragraph (4) the following—
"the applicant has paid the fee of
twenty-five cedis prescribed for
the examination leading to the
grant of the certificates";
(b) in regulation 44,
sub-paragraph (4) (b) substitute
for the amount of "ten Cedis"
appearing in line 2 of the proviso
thereto, the amount of twenty
Cedis";
(c) in regulation 86, paragraph
(2) insert, immediately after the
word "applicant" in line 9 thereof
the following words "on the
payment by the applicant of the
fee of twenty Cedis prescribed for
the examination leading to the
certificate";
(d) in regulation 130, paragraph
(2) insert immediately after
sub-paragraph (b) the following as
sub-paragraph (bb);
"he has paid the fee of one
hundred Cedis if he were a
candidate for a mine captain's
certificate and two hundred Cedis
if he were a candidate for a mine
manager's or underground manager's
certificate, as the case may be,
prescribed for the examinations
leading to each certificate";
(e) in regulation 140, paragrpah
(3) insert as sub-paragrpah (h)
the following:—
"the applicant has paid the fee of
fifty Cedis prescribed for the
examination leading to the
certificate
Regulations made under the
Explosives Ordinance (Cap.
254). in regulation 44,
add the following paragraph—
"(4) There shall be payable for
each explosive store or magazine
licence the fee of one hundred
Cedis for commercial dealers and
fifty Cedis for any
others";
under "Permits to Purchase, etc.
Explosives", in regulation 1
thereunder insert after the word "explosives"in
line 2 thereof the following—
"on the payment by the applicant
therfor of the fee of fifty Cedis";
in regulation 4, insert after the
word "issued" in line 5 thereof
the following—
"on the payment of the fee of
fifty Cedis".
Made this 12th day of September,
1983.
FLT.-LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
Chairman of the Provisional
National Defence Council
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