Section 1

This Enactment maybe cited as the Mineral Enactment 1999 and shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint:

Provided that the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into force of different parts or provisions of this Enactment.

This Enactment shall apply throughout the State; however the Minister may by order suspend the operation of the whole or any of the provisions of this Enactment in the State.

Interpretation.