Section 80
Collection of arrears of fee, rent, royalty, etc.
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(1)
Where any fee, rent or royalty payable under this Part is in arrears, the Authority shall serve or cause to be served on the holder of the mineral tenement a notice of demand in such form as may be prescribed.
(2)
A note of the service of the notice under subsection (1)
shall be endorsed at the instance of the Authority on the document or instrument of the mineral tenement, as the case may be, to which the notice relates.
(3)
If the whole of the sum demanded by a notice under subsection (1) is tendered to the Authority within the time specified herein, the notice shall thereupon cease to have effect and the
Authority shall cause to be cancelled the note endorsed pursuant to subsection (2).
(4)
If by the end of the period specified in the notice of demand the sum demanded by the notice has not been tendered to the
Authority, it shall thereupon by order declare—
(a)
in the case of a prospecting licence, the licence revoked, and the provisions of sections 37 and 38 shall have effect with respect thereto accordingly;
(b)
in the case of a mining lease, the mining land in respect of which the mining lease has been granted forfeited to the
Authority, and the provisions of sections 58 and 59 shall have effect with respect thereto accordingly; and
(c)
in the case of a proprietary mining licence, the licence revoked, and the provisions of sections 65 and 66 shall have effect with respect thereto accordingly.