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LAO-1997-L-81056
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Title_of_text
Mining Law, 1997 (No. 04-97/NA) (Promulgated by Decree No. 36/PO of 31 May 1997).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Subjects (Classification)
Mining and quarrying workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1997-04-12
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Determines the system of management, preservation, exploration, exploitation and processing of minerals into goods for local consumption and export by using the potential of natural resources, in order to contribute to the industrialisation process and to improve the people's living conditions. Includes obligation of mining business operators, inter alia, to ensure training and development of skills for Lao workers, including to ensure their welfare, health and security (article 42). Also includes duty of Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts to train and upgrade geological-mining skills among Lao personnel and workers (article 49).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
English translation
Author
Lao PDR National Assembly
URL
http://www.na.gov.la/docs/eng/laws/econ/Mining%20(1997)%20Eng.pdf
File
LAO81056.pdf (PDF)