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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    QUALIFICATIONS OF DEPUTIES. [New section substituted by the Coal Mines (Officials and Inspections) General Regulations, 1951, No. 848, and a further amendment made by the Coal Mines (Officials and Inspections) General Regulations, 1952, No. 845. ] 15.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall be qualified to be appointed or to be a deputy unless— (a) he is the holder— (i) of a first or second-class certificate of competency under this Act; or (1) ofa deputy’s certificate granted to him by the Minister of Fuel and Power, after receipt of a report by the Mining Qualifications Board that he possesses the qualifications required under this Act; and (b) he has within the last preceding five years obtained certifi- cates, granted as respectively prescribed in rules made by the Board aforesaid, that he was then— (i) able to make accurate tests for inflammable gas (so far as is practicable with a flame safety lamp), and able in so far as concerned his hearing to carry out his duties efficiently ; and (ii) proficient in first aid: Provided that, in the case of a deputy in a mine of stratified iron- stone (not being a mine in the Cleveland district or a mine in which safety lamps are required to be used), no certificate in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph (0) of this subsection shall be required. (2) Paragraph (a) and sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (6) of the foregoing subsection shall not apply in the case of any person who is, during the period beginning on the first day of June and ending on the thirty-first day of August, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, certified _ by the manager of a mine to be a person who at some time before the said first day of June had been appointed in writing to perform, and had in fact performed, the duties of a deputy in that mine, and who immediately before that day was fully qualified to perform them. (3) If, in the case of a small mine, the number of persons who may be appointed deputy is less, by reason of sickness, holidays or other temporary cause, than the number then requisite for full working _ In the mine, one or more competent persons may be appointed by the manager in writing to perform the duties of a deputy for a period not exceeding three months, so however that notice of any such appoint- ment shall within seven days be sent to the inspector of the division.