Sand and Granite Quarries Act 44 of 1970 (Chapter 284), Revised Edition 1985.An Act for the licensing and control of sand and granite quarries and for matters incidental thereto. 15th December 1971Short title.1. This Act may be cited as the Sand and Granite Quarries Act. Interpretation.2. In this Act — "granite quarry" means any land from which granite blocks, gravel, stones and overburden are extracted by blasting, sorting, breaking, loading and transporting whether the processes are executed by manual labour or mechanical means; "licence" means a licence granted under section 5; "licensee" means any person to whom a licence to use or manage any land for the purposes of a sand or granite quarry has been granted under section 5; "Licensing Officer" means the officer appointed by the Minister under section 3; "sand quarry" means any land on which persons are employed in manual labour in any process for or incidental to the getting, dres...