Section 18Part 2 — Prospecting
Grant of prospecting right
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The Governor may, in his absolute discretion, on application in the prescribed form and upon the payment of the prescribed fee, grant to any individual a prospecting right in the prescribed form:
a prospecting right shall not be granted —
to any individual who is under eighteen years of age;
to any individual who is unable to prove to the satisfaction of the Governor that he can understand this Law to such an extent as to enable him to carry out the obligations imposed by or under it;
to any individual to whom there has previously been issued either in his own name or as agent for any person a prospecting right which has not been surrendered or cancelled and which is in all other respects still valid;
except with the consent of the Governor, to any individual who or whose present employer has been convicted of an offence under this Law, or who or whose present employer has previously held any prospecting or mining right which has been revoked by reason of a breach of the terms or conditions thereof; or
to any person other than an individual.
A prospecting right may be granted to an individual as agent for a person:
there shall be forwarded with the application an undertaking by such person to be responsible for the acts and omissions of the individual (who shall also be responsible for his own acts and omissions) and where the individual is in the employ of such person, such right shall, unless such person otherwise requests, forthwith terminate on the holder leaving the service of such person.
A prospecting right shall not be transferable and shall, unless terminated, remain in force for a period of one year from the date of issue, but may be renewed for further periods not exceeding one year each.
The Governor may, by endorsement on the prospecting right, restrict prospecting under it to any specified area or to any specified minerals.
A prospecting right shall be produced whenever demanded by the owner or occupier of land on which the holder thereof is prospecting, or by any constable.