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SLE-2009-L-87733
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Title_of_text
The Mines and Minerals Act, 2009 [No. 12 of 2009].
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Sierra Leone
Subjects (Classification)
Mining and quarrying workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2009-12
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Being an Act to consolidate and amend the law on mines and minerals; to promote local and foreign investment in the mining sector by introducing new and improved provisions for exploration, mine development and marketing of minerals and mineral secondary processing for the benefit of the people of Sierra Leone; to ensure that management of the mineral sector is transparent and accountable in accordance with international best practice; to promote improved employment practices in the mining sector; to improve the welfare of communities adversely affected by mining; to introduce measures to reduce the harmful effects of mining activities on the environment and to provide for other related matters.
Repeals the Mines and Minerals Act, 1994. Repeals the Commission for the Management of Strategic Resources, National Reconstruction and Development Act, 1999.
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1999-07-23 (SLE-1999-L-55786)
Commission for the Management of Strategic Resources, National Reconstruction and Development Act, 1999 (No. 5).
Repealed text(s)
2004-05-10 (SLE-2004-L-80088)
The Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Act, 2004 [No. 7 of 2004].
Repealed text(s)
1999-07-16 (SLE-1999-L-80094)
The Mines and Minerals (Amendment Act, 1999) [No. 1 of 1999].
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2012-04-26 (SLE-2012-L-104309)
The National Minerals Agency Act, 2012.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Sierra Leone Web
Country
Sierra Leone
URL
http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2009-12.pdf
File
SLE87733.pdf (PDF of Act)