Removal of Sand Regulations, No. 1 of 2007.

These Regulations, consisting of nine sections and four Schedules, regulate sand removal. They specify the following provisions: no person shall mine and remove sand to be used for the construction industry, from any location specified in the Schedule I, except if licensed. The Geological Surveys and Mines Bureau established under the Mines and Minerals Act, No. 33 of 1992, shall submit proposals based on the National Sand Policy to the Director-General of the Department of Wild Life Conservation, setting out clearly, the specifications, quantities and other details relating to any sand which is sought to be removed from any one of the specified locations. If allowed by competent authority they shall submit together with such proposal an environmental impact assessment or an initial environmental examination report. Licence shall be issued by the Geological Surveys and Mines Bureau to applicants using form specified in Schedule III. The Department of Wild Life Conservation shall charge a royalty in respect of all sand mined and extracted from any authorized site. The royalty shall be paid to the Wild Life Preservation Fund maintained and operated by the Director General of the Department of Wild Life Conservation.