Meta Data
Title in national language: 
Кодекс Республики Казахстан № 125-VI ЗРК от 2017 г. "О недрах и недропользовании"
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2017
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Code
Economic Sector: 
Energy
Energy Types: 
Coal, Oil, Gas
Issued by: 
Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan 
Notes: 
No official English translation available (Google Translate).
Overall Summary: 
The Code No. 125-VI ZRK of 2017 on Subsoil and Subsoil Use defines the regime of subsoil use, the procedure for implementation of state management and regulation in the field of subsoil use, especially the emergence, implementation and termination of rights to subsoil plots, the legal status of subsoil users and their respective operations, as well as issues of subsoil use and disposal of subsoil use rights and other relations related to the use of resources subsoils.
Governance
National policy structure: 
1. This Code determines the mode of subsoil use, the procedure for state administration and regulation in the field of subsoil use, the specifics of the emergence, exercise and termination of rights to subsoil plots, the legal status of subsoil users and their performance of relevant operations, as well as issues of subsoil use and disposal of the right to subsoil use, and others relations associated with the use of subsoil resources. --- 1. The purpose of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on subsoil and subsoil use is to ensure sustainable development of the mineral resource base of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the economic growth of the state and the welfare of society. 2. The objectives of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on subsoil and subsoil use are: 1) protection of the state property right to subsoil; 2) implementation of state policy and regulation of relations in the field of subsoil use; 3) observance of the interests of the state, citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the rights of subsoil users; 4) an increase in the mineral resource base of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 5) establishment of the grounds, conditions and procedure for the emergence, exercise, change and termination of the rights to use subsoil; 6) providing a legal basis for sustainable development of subsoil use; 7) creation of conditions for attracting investments in geological exploration of subsoil and subsoil use; 8) strengthening the rule of law in the field of subsoil use.