Nothing in this Act shall have the effect of interfering with or diminishing the powers or jurisdiction conferred upon the Governor-General, the Minister of Mines, a mining commissioner, the Chief Inspector as contemplated in the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996, or an inspector of mines by any law relating to mining, or by the Mines and Works Act, 1911 (Act No. 12 of 1911), as amended, or any regulation made thereunder, or any right or permission granted to any person under any such law or regulation by the Governor-General, the Minister of Mines, a mining commissioner, the Chief Inspector as contemplated in the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996, or an inspector of mines.

[Section 12 substituted by section 99 (Schedule 3) of Act No. 29 of 1996]