Mines and Quarries Regulation (Amendment) Law of 2003 (N. 63(I)/2003).

This Law amends the administrative and legal proceedings related to the operation of mining and quarries. Amendments of the basic Law establish that Article 9 Subsection (1) of section 9 is amended by adding the words "privilege" (second line) the sentence "to submit any relevant techno-economic and/or environmental studies." The Basic Law is also amended by inserting immediately after the end of Article 9 the following new article: "Prerequisite planning permission for mineral lease or quarry privilege exploitation. 9A (1) Without prejudice to the other requirements of this Act and subject to subsection (2), no application for a mining lease or quarry privilege in any area will be accepted for consideration, unless the applicant has previously obtained a planning permit on the requested mining lease and/or a quarry extraction privilege, issued under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act. Although the provisions of subsection (1), regardless of the Town and Country Planning Act, with respect to any free mining area or quarry zone, no application for a planning permit for mine or quarry development is accepted for consideration by the Planning Authority, unless specific cases.