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Joint Regulatiom “[2 ol' 1957
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JOINT RÉGULATION
To pmvida for lhe Cumul of Minillg in lhe New Hebrirles.
Joint Rzgularion No. 2 af1957 was publLshed in Condamim'wn Gazette
No. 194 and i: repn'ntedm' amended by Joint Regulntîon No. 7 0/1968.
MADB by Her Brilannîc Majesty’s High Commissioner for the New
Hebrides and (ha High Commissianer for the French Repllbhb in the
Pacific Ocean and the New Hebrides under Article 7 of lhe Anglo—
Fl'ench Protocol of 1914.
l. Prospecting for and working of mines in the archipelago of
the New Hebrides shaJl be governed by the provisions of this
Reglllafion and by the joint enactments manie for in: implemematîon.
The following shall be considered as mines: the natural deposits
cf mineral substances, including liquid and gsseous hydrocarbons,
other than building, road-makjng and fertilizing materials; and other
similar substances, wîîh Lhe exception, however, cf phosphates,
nitrates and associated salts, the deposits ofwhich shall be considered
E8 mines.
In case of doubt regarding the classification of a substance me
decision shall test with the Residem Commissicners.
2. All unextracted nana-al deposits of mistral substances in
and under all land in the territory which are classified as mines under
Article l shnll be deemed t0 be and always tu have been the propeny
of the Resident Commissioncrs jointly.
3. No persan or campany shall undertake or carry un prospec-
tiug for or the wotkjng of mines wîthollt having obtained beforehand
a personnl authon'safion issued by Joint Decision of me Resident
Commissions. Thia anthorisatinn, which shall be subjecl m suc]:
fees as Lhe Resident Commissioners may joimly prescribe, may only
be issued for—
a ümited petiod which may non exceed five yens,
a limiîed [surface ares (expressed in hectares”,
one or more minerais uplicitly enume‘rated.
The Resident Commissioners may, at their joint discretion and
without being obliged tu discle their tessons, refuse, restrict tbe
exercise cf, or withdraw a personal militarisation and no claim for
compensation or damages shall Lie in respen of such a decision.
'I’he withdrawal or restriction of the exercise of the personal
authorisation shall not afi‘ect prospecting licences and mining lenscs
already granted.
A request for a personal anthorisation submilted to the Depsrt-
ment of Mines must disclose:
In Lhe case cf an individual, his identity;
In the case nf a company, its Memorandum and Articles
