The Tanzania Extractive Industries (Transparency and Accountability) Act

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
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Citation: The Tanzania Extractive Industries (Transparency and Accountability) Act
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The Chairman must preside at Committee meetings, and if the Chairman is absent the members present must choose a temporary Chairman. The presiding Chairman or temporary Chairman has a vote, including a casting vote if votes are equal. The Committee must meet quarterly, may meet at additional times set by the Chairman or the Executive Secretary, and the Executive Secretary must give each member adequate notice of meetings. A Committee meeting has a quorum only if at least half of all Committee members are present, and each group is represented. If a Committee member misses three consecutive meetings without reasonable cause, the Committee must inform the appointing authority, and the appointing authority may end that member’s appointment and replace them. The appointing authority may appoint a temporary member when a member is ill, infirm, or absent from Tanzania for a long time.

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Short title
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AI-assisted research summary: The Chairman must preside at Committee meetings, and if the Chairman is absent the members present must choose a temporary Chairman. The presiding Chairman or temporary Chairman has a vote, including a casting vote if votes are equal.

1.–(1) The Chairman shall preside at all meeting of the Committee. (2) Where at any meeting of the Committee the Chairman is absent, the members present shall elect one of the members to be a temporary Chairman who shall preside at that meeting. (3) The Chairman or temporary Chairman presiding at any meeting of the Committee shall have a vote and in the event of an equality of votes, shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.
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Application
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee must meet quarterly, may meet at additional times set by the Chairman or the Executive Secretary, and the Executive Secretary must give each member adequate notice of meetings.

2.–(1) The Committee shall meet once in every quarter of the year and at any additional times which may be fixed by the Chairman or in his absent or unable for any reason to act, the Executive Secretary. (2) The Chairman or in his absence, the Executive Secretary may, upon application in writing by at least five members convene a special meeting of the Committee at any time. (3) The Executive Secretary of the Committee shall give to each member adequate notice of the time and place of each meeting,
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Interpretation
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AI-assisted research summary: A Committee meeting has a quorum only if at least half of all Committee members are present, and each group is represented.

3. At any meeting of the Committee not less than one half of all the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and provided that each group is represented.
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Establishment of Committee
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AI-assisted research summary: If a Committee member misses three consecutive meetings without reasonable cause, the Committee must inform the appointing authority, and the appointing authority may end that member’s appointment and replace them.

4. Where any member absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Committee without reasonable cause, the Committee shall advise the appointing authority of the fact and the appointing authority may terminate the appointment of such member and appoint another member in his place. Meeting and procedure of Committee Quorum Absence of member 626 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE TANZANIA EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES (TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY) ACT [CAP. 447 R.E. 2023] Appointment of temporary member Minutes of meetings Decisions of Committee Seal of Committee Regulation of proceedings Vacancies not to invalidate proceedings Cessation of membership
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Composition of Committee
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AI-assisted research summary: The appointing authority may appoint a temporary member when a member is ill, infirm, or absent from Tanzania for a long time.

5. Where any member is by reason of illness, infirmity or absence from Tanzania for a long time, the appointing authority may appoint a temporary member who shall cease to hold office on the resumption of office of the substantive member.
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Nomination Committee
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee must keep minutes of each meeting, confirm them at the next meeting, and have them signed by the Chairman of the meeting.

6. Minutes of each meeting of the Committee shall be kept and confirmed by the Committee at the next meeting and signed by the Chairman of the meeting.
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Functions of Nomination Committee
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AI-assisted research summary: Committee meeting decisions must be made by consensus of the members present, subject to any casting-vote rule.

7. Subject to the provisions relating to casting vote, decisions at meetings of the Committee shall be determined by consensus of the all members present.
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Tenure of office
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee controls the seal and can decide its shape, size, and form. The seal cannot be used unless the Committee passes a resolution, and certain documents or decisions may be authenticated or signed by specified Committee officers if authorised.

8.–(1) The seal of the Committee shall be of a shape size and form as the Committee may determine. (2) The seal shall not be used except in pursuance of a resolution of the Committee and shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman, Executive Secretary or any member of the Committee authorised to act in that behalf by the Committee. (3) All documents, other than those required by law to be under seal, made by and all decision of the Committee, may be signified under the hand of the Chairman or the Executive Secretary or any member or officer of the Committee authorised in that behalf by the Committee.
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Proceedings of Committee
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee may regulate its own proceedings, subject to this Schedule.

9. Subject to the provision of this Schedule, the Committee may regulate its own proceedings.
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Functions and powers of Committee
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee may act even if there are vacancies in its membership, as long as paragraph 3 on quorum is respected.

10.–(1) Subject to the provision of paragraph 3 relating to quorum, the Committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership. (2) Act or proceeding of the Committee shall not be invalid by reason only of some defect in the appointment of person who purports to be its member.
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Delegation of powers
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AI-assisted research summary: A Committee member may resign by written notice to the Chairman and appointing authority; resignation takes effect on the date stated in the notice or, if none is stated, when the Chairman receives it.

11.–(1) A member of the Committee may resign by giving notice in writing addressed to the Chairman and the appointing authority and as from the date specified in the notice or if no date is specified from the date of receipt of the notice by the Chairman the member shall cease to be a member of the Committee. (2) A member appointed to fill such vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term of his predecessor. Executive Secretary to convene meetings
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Appointment of Executive Secretary
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AI-assisted research summary: The Executive Secretary must consult the Chairman and then convene Committee meetings, keep minutes, and do other functions the Committee requires.

12. The Executive Secretary shall, in consultation with the Chairman, convene meetings of the Committee also keep minutes of meetings and perform other functions as the Committee may require. Meetings of Committee
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Secretariat
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee must meet once each quarter, and the Chairman may set additional meeting times, including for extraordinary meetings.

13.–(1) The Committee shall ordinarily meet once in every quarter of the year and at such additional times as may be fixed by the Chairman. (2) The Committee shall hold an extraordinary meeting as may be considered necessary at such time as may be fixed by Chairman. 627 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE TANZANIA EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES (TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY) ACT [CAP. 447 R.E. 2023] Sub-committee of Committee Co-option of non-member
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Threshold and obligation of extractive companies and statutory recipients
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee may appoint a sub-committee from among its members, with at least one member from each cluster.

14. The Committee may appoint, amongst the members of the Committee, three or more members, at least one from each cluster, to form a sub-committee to carry out on its behalf any of the functions of the Committee as it may determine.
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Information on local content, corporate social responsibility and
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee may invite non-members to help with expertise and assistance, but those invited people cannot vote or take part in the Committee’s final decision.

15. The Committee may co-opt other person who is not member of the Committee to provide expertise and other assistance as may be required and such persons so invited shall have no right to vote during the deliberations of the Committee or take part in the final decision of the Committee. Emolument of Committee members
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Obligation to publish information
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee must consult the Minister before prescribing fees and allowances for the Chairman and members.

16. The Committee shall, after consultation with the Minister, prescribe fees and allowances which may be payable to the Chairman and members. 628 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG.

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