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Appointment of mine manager
Mines And Minerals (Safety, Health And Environmental) Regulations, reg. 9 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Every owner, occupier, or holder shall, before any mining operation commences, appoint a manager and ensure that there 75 is a person acting in that capacity at all times and shall immediately after each appointment notify the Inspector of the name of the manager.
(2) The owner, occupier, or holder shall provide the manager with every facility for conducting the operation of the mine in accordance with the requirements of these Regulations.
Owner to provide facilities to manager.
(3) Every manager and designate shall attend daily at an operating mine and shall familiarise himself with these attend at mine.
(4) Every manager shall appoint a qualified person to be responsible during the manager’s absence to ensure compliance with these Regulations.
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(5) The manager and the Inspector and persons authorized by the manager shall be the only persons to enter a mine, and notice to this effect shall be posted at all road entrances at the mine.
(6) Where required by the Inspector, the manager shall develop a mine health and safety program which includes general safety rules, safe working procedures, safe handling procedures and antidotes for hazardous materials, crew safety meetings and accident investigation procedures.
Health and safety program to be developed by
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