Ordinance 20 of 1968 |
Mines, Works and Minerals Ordinance, 1968 |
(a) The amendment of section 1 - (i) by the substitution for the definition of “continental shelf” of the following definition: “continental shelf” means the continental shelf [as defined in the Convention on the Continental Shelf signed at Geneva on the twenty-ninth day of April, 1958, or as it may from time to time be defined by international convention accepted by the Republic of South Africa] referred to in section 6 of the Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone of Namibia Act, 1990 (Act 3 of 1990);”;
(ii) by the insertion after the definition of “diagram” on the following definition: “exclusive economic zone” means the exclusive economic zone of Namibia referred to in section 4 of the Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone of Namibia Act, 1990 (Act 3 of 1990);”;
(iii) by the substitution in the definition of “mineral” for the words preceding the proviso of the following words: “mineral” means any substance, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form, occurring naturally in or on the earth or bed of the sea and having been formed by or subjected to a geological process, but does not include petroleum, as defined in section 1 of the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act, 1991, and water, not being water taken from the earth or sea for the extraction therefrom of a mineral:”; and
(iv) by the deletion of the definition of “natural oil”;
(b) the amendment of section 2 by the substitution for subsection (1)of the following subsection: “(1) The right of prospecting and mining for and disposing of precious and base minerals in [the territory] Namibia, including [its territorial waters] the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, is vested in the [Administrator-General] State.”. |