Section 8
Functions and powers of Authority
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(1)
The State Minerals Management Authority shall—
(a)
perform any function conferred or vested in it by this
Ordinance;
(b)
cause to be prepared an annual report on prospecting for minerals and mining activities in the State during the preceding calendar year and submit the same to the Majlis
Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri;
(c)
provide, whenever necessary or expedient, proposal, advice or recommendation to the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan
Negeri on programmes, plans and policies to be undertaken or instituted to promote or increase investment in the mining sector or industry or to promote occupational health and safety in mining operations and upon mining land, and for the protection of the environment in any area where mining is carried out; and
(d)
perform such other functions as the Majlis Mesyuarat
Kerajaan Negeri may from time to time, by notification in the
Gazette, determine.
(2)
(a)
The Authority shall, for the purpose of discharging its functions under this Ordinance, have the powers to call upon the Chief
Inspector, Controller of
Environmental Quality, the Director of
Environment, Sarawak, and the Controller of Rivers, to submit and present to the uthority, ny report, study or investigation which he either on his own motion or upon the directive of the Authority, has undertaken in respect of any mining area or mine or the effect of mining activities on the environment, mine or occupational safety or the waters of any river in the State.
(b)
The Authority may, by notice, summon any holder of any mining tenement or the owner of any mining land to appear before the
Authority to answer or explain any complaint or charges made against him in any report or study referred to in paragraph (a).
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(c)
Any person who fails to comply with the notice issued by the Authority under paragraph (b) shall be guilty of an offence and if he is the holder of a mineral tenement, the Authority may require him to show cause why the mineral tenement should not be revoked or cancelled.
(3)
The Authority may, with the approval of the Majlis
Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri, by order published in the Gazette, delegate any of its functions and powers to the Minister or to a committee constituted by the Authority.
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