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Diamonds Act, 1986 (Act No. 56 of 1986)

Chapter IX : General

95. Regulations

 

1) The Minister may after consultation with the Regulator make regulations as to –
a) the manner in which meetings of the executive or any other committee of the Regulator shall be convened, the procedure and quorum at those meetings and the manner in which minutes of those meetings shall be kept;
b) the prevention of illegal acts relating to diamonds;
c) the registration of persons in the service, or involved in the activities, of a licensee and the keeping of a register of persons so registered;
d) control over and the searching of those persons;
e) the imposition of a restriction on or prohibition of any particular interest in the activities carried on by a producer or licensee;
f) the cancellation of any registration under this Act or of any permit, certificate or other authority issued or obtained in terms of this Act;
g) the payment of witness fees to persons summoned to appear before the Regulator;
h) [Subsection 1(h) deleted by section 19(5) of the Diamond Export Levy (Administration) Act, 2007 (Act No. 14 of 2007)];
i) the fees payable to the Regulator for services rendered by it;
j) the performance of the Regulator’s functions in implementing an agreement referred to in section 94;
jA) guidelines for and implementation of broad-based socio-economic empowerment in terms of section100 of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act; and
k) any matter required or permitted to be prescribed by regulation under this Act; and
l) in general, any matter which the Minister may consider necessary or expedient to prescribe or regulate in order that the objects of this Act may be achieved, and the generality of this paragraph shall not be limited by the preceding paragraphs.

 

2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may prescribe penalties for any contravention thereof or failure to comply therewith.