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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    GRANT OF CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY. [New provisions substituted for 10(1) by the Coal Mines (Mining Qualtfications Board) General Regulations, 1950, No. 77. Additional subsection 10(4) inserted by the Coal Mines (Mining Examinations and Certficates of Competency) Order, 1942, No. 1507, and amended verbally by the 1950 Regulations. | 10.—(1) The Minister of Fuel and Power shall deliver to every applicant who is reported by the Mining Qualifications Board to have passed the examination satisfactorily or to possess degrees or diplomas or other qualifications exempting him therefrom such a certificate of competency as the case requires ; so, however, that in the case of any such applicant— (a2) who shall not have attained the age of twenty-three years at the date when he is so reported; or (o) who has not had such practical experience as is required by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section nine of this Act; such delivery shall be postponed, and the applicant shall neither be qualified to hold nor be registered as the holder of such a certificate until he shall have attained that age and shall have had such experi- ence. (4) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, vary in any certificate of competency the name of the holder on proof to the satisfaction of the Minister that the name is incorrectly stated therein or that such person has changed his name or is known by a name different from that mentioned in the certificate. SECTION 14, APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF DEPUTIES. [New subsections (1), (2), (2A), (2B), (3) and (3A) substituted for sub- sections (1), (2) and (3) by the Coal Mines (Officials and Inspections) General Regulations, 1951, No. 348.] 14.—(1) For every mine there shall be appointed by the manager in writing one or more competent persons (in this Act referred to as “deputies ’’’), each of whom shall, in the district assigned to him, during his shift— (a) be in charge of all workmen for the time being in the district, and of all operations in progress therein ; and (6) make such inspections and carry out such other duties, with regard to the presence of gas, ventilation, support of roofs and sides and general safety (including the health of persons working in the district), as are required by this Act and the regulations of the mine. 9