MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 14 Undertaking by the Ministry to grant mining leases, etc.

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MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 14

Undertaking by the Ministry to grant mining leases, etc.

14.(1) On the granting, or at any time during the currency, of a
prospecting licence, the Ministry may give an undertaking to the licensee
under the licence that if, at any time during the currency or on the
expiration of the licence, the Ministry is satisfied that the prospecting
carried on by the licensee has been successful and that the terms and
conditions of the licence have been observed and performed, the Ministry will

(a)subject to subsection (2), grant to the licensee by way of mining lease or
mining licence under the succeeding provisions of this Act (to take effect
from such date, either before or after the expiration of the
prospecting licence, as may be specified in the mining lease or
mining licence) the right to work mines and minerals vested in the Ministry;

(b)subject to subsections (2) and (3), take such steps as are reasonably
practicable to secure

(i)the acquisition by the Ministry in pursuance of this Act of any land or any
ancillary rights which it is necessary or expedient to acquire in order that
the rights granted under paragraph (a) may be conveniently and properly
exercised, and

(ii)the making available to the licensee of all or any of the land or rights
so acquired, by means of a permit granted by the Ministry to the licensee in
accordance with the succeeding provisions of this Act.

(2) An undertaking under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) shall not
operate to require the Ministry to grant the right mentioned in the said
paragraph (a) or to acquire or make available the land or ancillary rights
mentioned in the said paragraph (b), where by reason of any material change in
circumstances it is not in the public interest to implement the undertaking.

(3) An undertaking under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall not operate to
require the Ministry to acquire or make available any land or ancillary rights
unless the Ministry is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the
licensee otherwise to obtain the land or rights for any of the following
reasons

(a)that the persons with power to transfer or concur in transferring the
ownership of the land or to grant or concur in granting the rights are
numerous or have conflicting interests;

(b)that such persons, or any of them, cannot be ascertained or cannot be
found;

(c)that such persons, or any of them, have not the necessary powers of
disposition, whether by reason of defect in title, legal disability or
otherwise;

(d)that any such person unreasonably refuses to transfer or concur in
transferring the land or to grant or concur in granting the right or, as a
condition of doing so, makes demands which, having regard to the
circumstances, are unreasonable.

(4) An undertaking under subsection (1) shall be in writing in such form as
the Ministry thinks fit, and shall specify the terms and conditions upon which
the undertaking is given; and every such undertaking shall include a condition
that the licensee shall reimburse the Ministry in respect of any expenditure
which may be incurred in connection with the procedures mentioned in that
subsection.

Power of Ministry to work mines and minerals.

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MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 14