Preliminary
1. Short
title and commencement.-
(1) These rules
may be called the Granite Conservation and
Development Rules, 1999.
(2) They shall
come into force from the date of their
publication in the official Gazette.
2. Application.-
These rules shall apply to prospecting and
quarrying of granite.
3. Definitions.-
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise
requires, -
(a)
"Act" means the Mines and Minerals
(Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of
1957);
(b)
"agent" when used in relation to a
quarry, means any person whether appointed as
such or not, who acts as the representative of
the owner in respect of the management of the
quarry or any part thereof;
(c)
"development" means removing
overburden or unproductive or waste materials as
preparatory to mining;
(d)
"drilling" means the penetration of
alluvial material, rocks or formations by holes
for obtaining geological information and for
drawing samples therefrom;
(e)
"environment" and "environmental
pollution" shall have the same meanings
assigned respectively to these terms in the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986);
(f)
"Form" means a Form set forth in
Schedule to these rules;
(g)
"geologist" means a person appointed
in writing by the prospecting licensee, owner or
agent to perform the duties of a geologist under
these rules;
(h)
"granite" means dolerites, granite
geneisses, migmatites, gabbros, anorthosites,
rhyolites, syenites, leptynites, charnockites
and any other igneous and orthometamorphic rock
types which are -
(i)
amenable to be recovered as dimensional stone;
(ii)
capable of taking polish; and
(iii)
commercially exploitable.
(i)
"lease" means a lease granted for the
purpose of undertaking mining or quarrying
operations for granite;
(j)
"manager" when used in relation to a
mine or a quarry, means any person appointed by
the owner or agent and includes the owner or the
agent if he appoints himself to be such manager,
under section 17 of the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of
1952);
(k)
"mining engineer" means a person
appointed in writing by the owner or agent to
perform the duties of a mining engineer under
these rules;
(l)
"prospect" means an area where
existence of granite has been established.
(m)
"prospecting licence" means a licence
granted for the purpose of undertaking any
operation for the purpose of exploring, locating
or proving granite deposits;
(n)
"quarry" means an opencast working as
defined in Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952);
(o)
"recognised person" means a qualified
person granted recognition by the competent
authority under these rules to prepare mining
plan;
(p)
"sheet rock" means massive granite
bodies but does not include boulders;
(q)
"year" means the twelve months period
beginning from the first day of April and ending
on the thirty first day of March of the
following year;
(2) All other
words and expressions used in these rules but
not defined shall have the meanings respectively
assigned to them in the Act
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