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Registered Quarry

Cap. 226, s. 82 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) When a person wishes to mine construction minerals from a site other than a Public Quarry, not being a site provided for in section 79, (2) (a) to (d), he shall when applying for his quarry permit, also apply for the required site to be recorded as a “Registered Quarry”, supplying plans for the intended site and such other information as may be prescribed. (2) Application for a Registered Quarry shall also be made in the prescribed form to the Inspector through the Lands Officer of the district in which the site is located, and the Lands Officer shall submit his comments to the Inspector. (3) The Inspector may register the site by placing the plan on record and allocating to the site a serial number, which shall be notified to the applicant. The Inspector may refuse any application but shall give his reasons for such refusal. (4) A Registered Quarry site shall not exceed three hundred feet square, and shall be rectangular in shape. Except when materials are to be extracted from cliffs or from the sea shore, all four corners of the site shall be marked in the manner prescribed. (5) A Registered Permanent Quarry site shall not exceed three hundred yards square, and shall be rectangular in shape. Except when materials are to be extracted from cliffs or from 79 the sea shore, all four corners of the site shall be marked in the manner prescribed.
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