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Newfoundland Regulation 1999 Mineral Regulations (Amendment) (Filed April 5, 1999) Under the authority of section 41 of the Mineral Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations. Dated at John R. Cummings, Q.C. REGULATIONS Analysis 1. S.6.1
Added 2. S.10
Amdt. 3. S.11
Amdt. 4. Application CNR 1143/96 1. The Mineral Regulations are
amended by adding immediately after section 6 the following: Draw for land made available for staking 6.1 (1) Land made available for staking under subsection 21(5) of the Act
shall be staked by a draw conducted under this section. (2) An
application for land referred to in subsection (1) shall be received by the
office of the Mineral Claims Recorder by (3) An
application under subsection (1) (a) may
be made by regular mail or in person; and (b) notwithstanding
section 13, shall be accompanied by the fee and deposit prescribed by the minister
under section 8. (4) The
date of the draw for which an application is submitted shall be clearly marked
on the outside of the envelope or package in which it is submitted. (5) All
envelopes or packages received by the deadline for submissions prescribed under
subsection (2) shall be assigned a number by the Mineral Claims Recorder. (6) At
(7) Upon
the completion of the draw under subsection (6), (a) all
envelopes or packages shall be opened; (b) applications
shall be screened for acceptability under sections 7, 8, and 9; and (c) acceptable
applications shall be recorded under section 11, in the
order established by the draw. (8) Where
all or a portion of the area being applied for has been staked by a prior
application in the draw, all or a portion of the required fee and deposit shall
be refunded to the applicant under section 11. (9) An
applicant may include with an application instructions that the application
only be accepted if the entire area of land for which the application is made
is available for staking. (10) Notwithstanding
subsection (9), if an applicant does not include the instruction described in
that subsection, withdrawal after an application is recorded will be treated as
an application withdrawn under subsection 11(2). 2. Subsection
10(3) of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted: (3) Notwithstanding
section 6.1, every application which may be recorded under the Act shall be
recorded in order of receipt. 3. Subsection
11(2) of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted: (2) Where
an application is withdrawn by the applicant before a licence being issued, the
fee and deposit referred to in paragraph 8(b) shall be forfeited to the
minister. Application 4. (1)
These regulations shall not apply where a notice, regulation or order
indicating that land is available for staking under subsection 21(5) of the Act
is published in the Gazette before
the date that these regulations come into force. (2) Where
a notice, regulation or order referred to in subsection (1) is published on the
same date that these regulations come into force, these regulations shall
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