Section 20: Delegation of powers by the Minister.

(1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, delegate to any department or officer of the Ministry the exercise or performance, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed in the notification, of any function conferred on the Minister under this Act provided that it shall not apply to any function of the Minister to make Regulations.
(2) An officer authorized in writing by the officer in charge of the Mines Inspectorate Department may enter any mineral title Area where Mining Operations are being carried out under this Act, or which is within the general area of the mineral title for the purposes of inspecting such operations and he shall be provided by the mineral title holder with any information reasonably requested for the purpose of making a report.
(3) The failure of the mineral title holder to provide access to an officer for the purposes of inspection under subsection (2) shall constitute an offence.