National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 3 · Removal of rock material
74. Deposits in respect of permits
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Administrator or other officer by whom any permit to extract, remove and transport rock material is issued shall require the person or body to whom it is issued to deposit with him such sum as he may consider reasonable as security for—
rock material
“rock material” means any rock, stone, gravel, common sand, common earth, common laterite, loam, common clay, soil, mud, turf, peat, coral, shell, and any other rock materials within or upon any land, and includes processed materials therefrom, other than minerals defined under any written law relating to mining which is for the time being in force;
the due performance and observance of the provisions to which the permit is subject; and
the rehabilitation of the land to which the permit relates upon the termination thereof.
land
“land” includes— (a) that surface of the earth and all substances forming that surface; (b) the earth below the surface and all substances therein; (c) all vegetation and other natural products, whether or not requiring the periodical application of labour to their production, and whether on or below the surface; (d) all things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, whether on or below the surface; and (e) land covered by water;