Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						22 December 1931 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						S. 11 lease granted continued as mining licenses under 23/2017, subject to restrictions specified in 23/2017, s. 234 | 
					23/2017, ss. 1(2), 232 | 
					
			
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						Rep. | 
					31/1940, ss. 4 (3), 83 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 4 | 
					Mines and Minerals Act 1931 - Provisional Rules | 
				
			
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						S. 7 | 
					The Mines and Minerals Act (Mining Board Regulations) Order 1933 (S.I. No. 29 of 1933) | 
				
			
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						S. 54 | 
					The Mines and Minerals Act (Fees) Regulations 1933 (S.I. No. 30 of 1933) | 
				
			
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					The Mines and Minerals Act Regulations 1933 (S.I. No. 28 of 1933) | 
				
			
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					The Mines and Minerals Act Regulations 1932 (S.I. No. 82 of 1932) |