Act no. 51/1988 on mining activities, explosives and on State mining administration.

The purpose of this Act is to enact conditions for execution of mining activities and activities executed in a mining way especially from the standpoint of rational utilisation of minerals, safety at work and operation, protection of environment of work as well as to enact conditions for using explosives and to regularise organization and competency of institutions of state mining administration (article 1). Article 3 provides a definition of what is to be intended for activities carried out in a mining way, and they include engineering - geological and hydrogeological survey, extraction of sand and sandy gravel in beds of water streams and pumping of natural medicinal and table mineral waters in mining works. The Act consists of 49 articles and is divided in the following parts: basic provisions; mining activities and activities executed in a mining way; basic conditions for mining activities and activities executed in a mining way; permitting of mining activities; activities executed in a mining way; explosives; State mining administration; common, temporary and conclusive provisions.