Malawi /
Summary

The Malawian Minerals and Mining Act of 1981 regulates all aspects of the prospecting, exploration and exploitation of solid minerals in Malawi. The law is not available on any official website of the government. The official version of the primary law is in English and there are no official translations of this law into other languages. The government regulating entity is the Ministry of Mining (http://mininginmalawi.com/tag/ministry-of-mining/). The country’s mining contracts are not available at resourcecontracts.org.

Last updated 12 May 2019

COMPANIES ACT 2013
LAND ACT 1965
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION ACT 1983
MALAWI WATER RESOURCES 1969
TAXATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018
ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT ACT, 2017
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT, 2017
CUSTOMARY LAND ACT, 2016
LAND ACT, 2016
TAXATION ACT CAP 41:01
TAXATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016
VALUE ADDED TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018
EMPLOYMENT ACT 1999
ARBITRATION ACT, 1967
MINING LAW 1981
MINING SAFETY REGULATIONS 1982