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Geoscience Act, 1993 (Act No. 100 of 1993)

6. Powers of Council in respect of certain information

 

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Council shall have the right to analyze and verify any information of the Department of Mineral Resources which the Minister, or an officer of the said Department designated by the Minister, may approve on such conditions as the Minister or the said officer may determine.

[Subsection (1) substituted by section 5(a) of Act No. 16 of 2010]

 

(2) The Council may take into its custody and use information contemplated in subsection (1) or a copy thereof, but any provision of any law whereby any restriction is imposed on the publication or display of such information, shall mutatis mutandis apply to any information or copy thereof which is in the custody of the Council in terms of this section.

 

(3) All geotechnical reports pertaining to infrastructure and development shall be submitted to the Council in the prescribed manner.

[Subsection (3) inserted by section 5(b) of Act No. 16 of 2010]