Mineral Development Act 1994 · Updated to 1 Jan 2013 · Part II · Administration
8. Functions and duties of Assistant Director
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
An Assistant Director shall—
Assistant Director
“Assistant Director” means an Assistant Director of Mines appointed under section 4;
inspect and regulate the storage, transportation and use of toxic, inflammable or other potentially dangerous substances in respect of or in relation to any fossicking, panning, exploration, mining or mineral processing activity;
require the holder of a mineral tenement to provide and maintain within the mineral tenement and mineral processing area such access roads and other routes as are necessary and adequate for the purpose of safe access, exit, escape or removal of any injured person;
give such orders as he considers necessary to discontinue any operation, use of equipment or practice in or about any fossicking, panning, exploration or storage facility area or mine or mineral processing plant which—
affects the safety or health of any person;
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causes damage to property; or
causes nuisance to or impairs the amenity of any area or place; and
order the immediate cessation of work in, and the immediate departure of all persons from, any fossicking, panning, exploration or storage facility area or mine or mineral processing plant or any part thereof which is deemed unsafe, or allow work to continue after precautions are taken or such things are done as he considers necessary.
An Assistant Director may—
by written notice require a manager to submit plans of the workings of the mines and returns containing information on any mining operation:
Provided that such information shall be deemed, if requested in writing by such manager, confidential information for the purposes of this Act; and
make such orders as he may consider necessary in cases of dispute between occupiers of mining lands in respect of their occupation or use of such land.
Terms defined in s 3
Assistant Director
Defined · s 3“Assistant Director” means an Assistant Director of Mines appointed under section 4;
mine
Defined · s 3“mine”, when used as a noun, means any place, excavation or working wherein, whereon or whereby any operation connected with mining is carried on together with all buildings, premises, erections, water reservoirs, tailing ponds, waste, other dumps and appliances belonging or appertaining thereto above or below the ground or in or below the sea for the purpose of winning, obtaining or extracting any mineral by any mode or method or for the purpose of dressing, treating or preparing mineral ores;
mineral processing
Defined · s 3“mineral processing” means any activity whereby minerals or mineral ores are treated for the beneficiation thereof but excludes smelting and refining;
mineral tenement
Defined · s 3“mineral tenement” means a fossicking licence, dulang licence, individual mining licence, prospecting licence, exploration licence, proprietary mining licence, mining lease, or any of them for the purpose of exploration or mining of minerals or mineral ores, as the case may be, issued under any Federal or State law regulating mineral tenements;
notice
Defined · s 3“notice” includes any notification, assessment, instrument or other document authorized or required by this Act to be served on any person or body;
Part III
Regulation of Exploration and Mining
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Accident and Inquiry
Part V
Enforcement, Investigation, Evidence, Offences and Penalties
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Enforcement and Investigation
Chapter 2
Evidence
Chapter 3
Offences and Penalties
Chapter 4
General
Part VI
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