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

8. Exercise of powers of Council outside Republic

 

(1) The Council may at the request of the Minister or for the purposes of furthering its objects undertake geoscientific research and perform generic geological functions in any country or territory outside the Republic on behalf of any person, institution, government or administration.

[Subsection (1) substituted by section 7(a) of Act No. 16 of 2010]

 

(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), the provisions of this Act shall, in so far as they can be applied, apply mutatis mutandis to the exercising by the Council of its powers in terms of this section as if the country or territory in which it so exercises its powers were within the Republic.

 

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, geoscientific research and the performance of generic geological functions under subsection (1) shall be undertaken on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Council and the person, institution, government or administration on whose behalf the research and the performance of functions are to be undertaken.

[Subsection (3) substituted by section 7(b) of Act No. 16 of 2010]

 

(4) The Minister may, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, indemnify the Council against any losses which it may incur in consequence of any act or omission of a person, institution, government or administration contemplated in subsection (1).

 

(5) The Board shall report to the Minister on the activities contemplated in subsection (1).

[Subsection (5) inserted by section 7(c) of Act No. 16 of 2010]