MINERAL CONCESSION RULES, 1960

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Mines and Minerals   (Regulation and Development ) Act, 1957 ( 67 of 1957 ), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :-

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1. Short title.--

These rules may be called the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960.

2. Definitions.--

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(i) "Act" means the Mines and Minerals [(Development and Regulation)] Act, 1957 (67 of 1957);

(ii) "Form" means a form set out in schedule I to these rules;

(iii) "railway" and "railway administration" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890);

(iv) "Schedule" means a schedule appended to these rules.

(v) "section" means a section of the Act.

3. Saving of Act 33 of 1962.--

Nothing in these rules shall affect the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962) [and the rules made thereunder in respect of licensing relating to atomic minerals listed in Part B of the First Schedule to the Act.]