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| (1) The holder of a licence issued under this Act, shall carry out the activities authorized by such licence in compliance with such standards and procedures as are prescribed for the carrying out of such activities by the National Environment Act, No. 47 of 1980 and where such licence is for exploration or mining the holder of the licence shall restore and rehabilitate the land on which such exploration or mining had been carried out, in the manner prescribed by that Act or this Act. |
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| (2) Where a licence has been issued under this Act, the Bureau may require the surface owner or occupant of the land to which such licence relates, to allow the licensee access to such land and leave to carry out thereon the activities authorized by such licence. |
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| (3) Where the surface owner or occupant of any land who fails to comply with any requirement imposed on him by subsection (1), the Bureau shall report such matter to the Minister. The Minister may thereupon by Order published in the Gazette approve of the proposed acquisition of the land or in any interest on the land to which such licence relates and where such an Order is so published, the land or the interest in the land specified in the Order shall be deemed to be required for a public purpose and may be acquired under the land Acquisition Act. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts