Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell - file photo
Increased fines are coming for illicit quarrying in Jamaica. These are included in the Quarries Control (Amendment) Act, aimed at improving the management of quarries in Jamaica, which was passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell noted that the increase in illicit quarrying has highlighted the need for more effective regulation of the practice.
The fine for operating a quarry without a licence has been increased from $30,000, up to a maximum of one million dollars, and from $50,000, to two million dollars for a second or subsequent offence.
The amendments also increase the penalties for illicit extraction of quarry material and require operators to issue receipts and dispatch vouchers for material or mineral removed from quarries.
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