Part II
Registration
2 Registration
(1) A person qualifies for registration in terms of this Act if that person—
(a) holds a prospecting right, retention permit, exploration right, mining right, mining permit or production right granted pursuant to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act or a lease or sublease mentioned in section 11 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act in respect of such a right;
[Paragraph (a) amended by section 34(1)(a) of Act 8 of 2010 deemed effective on 1 November, 2009]
(b) wins or recovers a mineral resource extracted from within the Republic; or
[Paragraph (b) substituted by section 34(1)(b) of Act 8 of 2010 deemed effective on 1 November, 2009]
(c) elects to register for the purposes of this Act.
[Paragraph (c) added by section 34(1)(c) of Act 8 of 2010 deemed effective on 1 November, 2009]
(2) A person that qualifies for registration as mentioned in subsection (1)—
(a) on 1 November 2009—
i) may apply to register with the Commissioner on or after 1 November 2009; and
(ii) must apply to register with the Commissioner by 28 February, 2010; or
[Subparagraph (ii) substituted by section 34(1)(d) of Act 8 of 2010 deemed effective on 1 November, 2009]
(b) after 1 November 2009 must apply to register with the Commissioner within 60 days after the day on which that person qualifies for registration.
[Subsection (2) substituted by section 62 of Act 18 of 2009]
(3) The Commissioner must register a person that qualifies for registration and that registration takes effect from the beginning of the year of assessment during which the person qualifies for registration.