Section 18, 62 of the Environmental Protection Act, 2008, the Board hereby makes

(1) An applicant for an environmental licence shallengage the local community and the Primary Host Community at the earliest opportunity in order to encourage community participation and ownership of sustainable development interventions in accordance with section 138 of the Mines and Minerals Act 2009 and as specified in the Fourteenth Schedule. 32 33 Consent to use land for mining purposes Sustainable development interventions. (2) All sustainable development intervention under subregulation (1) shall be designed to- (a) identify all relevant social issues that could give rise to harmful or negative effects on the local community and the Primary Host Community; and (b) guide the identification of d e v e l o p m e n t priorities, joint planning, implementation, management, and monitoring of sustainable development projects. (3) An applicant for an environmental licence shall submit a completed application form as specified in the Fifteenth Schedule confirming that all necessary steps have been taken to address the issues listed in sub-regulations (1) and (2). carry out prior consultations with the Minerals Advisory Board in order to ascertain the progress in negotiating a Community Development Agreement and the relevance of the applicant’s programme to social and community issues that affect the granting of an environmental licence.