18     Short title and commencement

(1)     This Act is called the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act, 2008.

(2)     This Act comes into operation—

(a)     in respect of section 1, on 1 November 2009;

(b)     in respect of sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 17, and Schedules 1 and 2, on 1 March 2010 and applies in respect of a mineral resource transferred on or after that date; and

(c)     in respect of sections 13 and 14, on 1 November 2009 and applies in respect of a mineral resource transferred on or after 1 March 2010.

[Subsection (2) substituted by section 102(1) of Act 17 of 2009 effective on 1 November, 2009 to the extent that it relates to paragraph (a); effective on 1 March, 2010 to the extent that it relates to paragraph (b); and effective on 1 November, 2009 and applicable in respect of a mineral resource transferred on or after 1 March, 2010 to the extent that it relates to paragraph (c)]