Coal Mines Regulation (Amending) Act 1908 (NSW)

Act No. 33, 1908.

An Act to amend the Coal Mines Regulation

Act, 1902 ; and for other purposes.	[24th
December, 1908.]

Assembly of New South "Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the	BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative
authority of the same, as follows :—

2. The Governor may appoint any person with or w i t h o u t a certificate! of competency or service; under the Principal Act, as electrical inspector, and such person shall in relation to the installation and use of electricity have al l the powers vested in an inspector by section nineteen of such Act. Except in the case; of the electrical engineer of the Department of Public Works, or of the holder of a decree

1. This Act may be cited as the " Coal Alines Regulation

(Amending) Act, 1908," and shall be construed w i t h the Coal Mines
Regulation Act, 1902, herein referred to as the Principal Act.

degree in electrical engineering from the University of Sydney, or a person holding a qualification from any other educational body recognised by the Department of Alines, every person to be so appointed inspector shall be the holder of a certificate of competency as a mine electrician under the provisions of this Act.

3. Any person w h O , after the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine,—

(a) not being registered under this Act as the bolder of a

certificate of competency as a mine electrician, or possessing

one of the other qualifications mentioned in section two, acts as mine electrician in or about a mine where the output of the generating plant exceeds thirty kilowatts ; or

(b) knowing that such person is not so registered, employs .am as a mine electrician in or about such a mine,

shall be guilty of an offence against the Principal Act.

For the purpose of ascertaining the persons who may be granted
certificates of competency as mine electricians, examiners shall IK;

appointed by the board for appointing examiners constituted under the Principal Act, who may hold examinations and examine applicants

for such certificates in such subjects as may be prescribed by any

rules made by the Minister in that behalf.
For all other purposes relating to the examination of applicants, and the granting, cancellation, and suspension of such certificates, and the registration of the holders of such certificates, the provisions of the Principal Act relating to managers' certificates of competency

shall, mutatis mutandis, apply and have effect.