Mines and Minerals Act

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Sector Oil and Gas
Country Canada
Year 2000
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Revenue management, State-owned enterprises, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?,
1.1c: What licensing process does the licensing authority follow?,
1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?,
1.1.5c: Following the licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the list of areas or blocks allocated?,
1.2.6a: Is the government required to make all payments to the national treasury or deposit them into a national resource account, aside from amounts legally retained by SOEs?,
1.4b: Does the SOE receive a production share or in-kind payments from extractive companies?
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Publisher Government of Alberta
Author
Source or API link http://www.qp.alberta.ca/1266.cfm?page=m17.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=9780779789726
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute