Coal Mines Act, 1911 : regulations and orders relating to safety and health / Ministry of Fuel and Power.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Fuel and Power.
Date:
1953
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Coal Mines Act, 1911 : regulations and orders relating to safety and health / Ministry of Fuel and Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPOINTMENT OF MANAGER. [Verbal amendment of 2(2) by the Coal Mines (Certificates of Com- petency) General Regulations, 1950, No. 743.] 2.—(2) If any mine is worked without there being such a manager for the mine as is required by this section, the owner and. agent shall Provided that, if the person appointed to be manager of a mine, by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise ceases to be manager, nothing in this section shall prevent the mine being worked (for a period not exceeding four months) until a new manager is appointed, if in the meantime a competent person holding a first-class or second-class certificate of competency under this Act valid with respect to that mine is temporarily appointed to perform the duties and exercise the powers of manager. SECTION 3. DAILY SUPERVISION OF MINE BY MANAGER OR UNDER-MANAGER. [Verbal amendments to 3(2) by the Coal Mines (Certificates of Com- petency) General Regulatiens, 1950, No. 743.] 3.—(2) In cases where, on account of the absence of the manager or under-manager on leave or from sickness or any other temporary cause, such daily personal supervision as is required by this section cannot be exercised, arrangements shall be made for the duties of the manager or under-manager, as the case may be, in respect of daily personal supervision being performed— (2) in the absence of the manager, by the under-manager, if any, or by a person not under the age of twenty-five years and holding a first or second-class certificate of competency under this Act valid with respect to that mine, appointed in writing by the owner or agent ; (6) in the absence of the under-manager, in the case of a mine for which a separate under-manager is required by this Act to be appointed by a person not under the age of twenty-five years and holding a first or second-class certificate of competency under this Act valid with respect to that mine appointed as aforesaid : And any person performing the duties of a manager or under- manager, whether under this or under the last preceding section, shall have the same responsibility, and shall be subject to the same liability, as the person whose duties he is performing. SeCTION 3: QUALIFICATIONS OF MANAGERS AND UNDER-MANAGERS. [Verbal amendments to 5 by the Coal Mines (Certificates of Com- petency) General Regulations, 1950, No. 748.] 5