Section 6, 62 of the Environmental Protection Act, 2008, the Board hereby makes

(1) For the purpose of establishing a consultative andmonitoring framework between the licence holder and the primary hostcommunity, as required under paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 140 of the Mines and Minerals Act 2009, the holder of a smallscale or large-scale mining licence shall establish a Community Liaison Committee during the period in which he is undertaking a Social Impact Assessment in order to engage with communities, stakeholders, individuals, potentially displaced persons and where relevant, local communities who hold property or access rights to lands located within the area targeted for acquisition by the mineral right holder. 20 21 Impact Assessment Licence required for mining projects. Responsibilities of mineral right holder. Commu nity Liaison Committee. (2) A Community Liaison Committee referred to in subregulation (1) shall represent the views of its constituents on all social matters, with the mining right holder, regarding compensation and report back to its constituents on all matters, decisions and key dates addressed and identified. (3) Members of the Community Liaison Committee shall comprise a Chairman, not being a local or Paramount Chief, nominated by the community and approved by the mineral right holder and the following other members at least two of whom shall be female - (a) one representative of a local and Paramount Chief; (b) four representatives of the local community; (c) one representative of Civil Society appointed from local interest groups, including teachers, workers’ unions representatives, health practitioners, women’s enterprises (e.g. farming, beekeeping cooperatives), proposed by the community; and (d) one representative of the District Council or Local Government. PART IV – RESTRICTING OR PROHIBITING RECONNAISSANCE