Section 188
Section 188
(1)
The Minister may make regulations in respect of any matter which may be prescribed under this Enactment.
(2)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), such regulations may –
(a)
generally prescribe and provide for fees, rents and royalties under this
Enactment and the manner for collecting and disbursing such fees, rents and royalties;
(b)
prescribe the offences under this Enactment which may be compounded and the method and procedure for compounding such offences;
(c)
allow remission, rebate or deferment of payment of rents and remission of fees;
(d)
prescribe the powers and duties of officers appointed under this
Enactment;
(e)
alter, add to or rescind any of the Forms contained in Schedule I and prescribe additional Forms;
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(f)
prescribe the submission of statistical returns and the keeping and production of books and plans by owner of any mine;
(g)
prescribe the contents of any feasibility study, rehabilitation plan, survey, plan, report or any other assessment as may be necessary for the purposes of this Enactment;
(h)
prescribe the activities which are not allowed within a mineral reserve;
(i)
prescribe the terms and conditions of a mineral tenement granted over any State land, alienated land, occupied land, reserved land or reserved forest area;
(j)
prescribe the procedure and requirements for competitive bidding for mineral tenements;
(k)
prescribe the procedure, manner and form for the application, granting, renewal, extension, issuance, registration and record of any mineral tenement, water licence and water permit; and
(l)
provide for any other matter generally to give effect to the provisions of this Enactment.