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The Laws of Fiji
Last Updated: 1 August 2020

[MIN 54] Royalties54 

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(1) All minerals obtained in the course of prospecting or mining operations shall be liable to the prescribed royalties and no mineral shall be exported unless such royalties are paid or secured in accordance with the prescribed conditions, provided that the Director may, by permit in writing, exempt from royalties from small quantities of such minerals exported as commercial samples or scientific specimens or for the purpose of analysis or experiment as he or she thinks fit.
(2) Whenever a mineral sample is exported solely for the purpose of analysis or experiment or as a scientific specimen the person exporting such sample shall obtain a certificate of the result of any analysis of such sample and shall deliver a certified true copy thereof to the Director within 6 months of the export of such sample.
(3) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, remit the whole or any part of any royalties payable by any person in respect of any mineral or minerals for such period as may be specified in such notice.

[subs (3) am LN 112 of 1970 O 83, effective 8 October 1970]