Govt. Delegates Certain Mineral and Coal-Mining Licensing Authorities to Regional Provincial Governments

The central government recently delegated certain authorities relating to the granting of business licenses for mineral and coal-mining business activities to regional governments through the issuance of Regulation of the President No. 55 of 2022 (“Regulation 55/2022”).[1]

Regulation 55/2022 has been issued in an attempt to implement the mandate originally set out under Regulation of the Government  No. 96 of 2021 on the Implementation of Mineral and Coal-Mining Business Activities (“Regulation 96/2021”),[2] which stated that business licensing in the form of the issuance of standard certificates (“Certificates”) and licenses should be delegated to regional provincial governments (“Provincial Governments”) and was to be further addressed under a Regulation of President.[3]