Mines Regulation Act Amendment Act 1954 (WA)

No. 24.] Mines Regulation. [1954.

MINES REGULATION.

3° Elizabeth II., No. XXIV.

No. 24 of 1954.

AN ACT to amend the Mines Regulation

Act, 1946.

[Assented to 8th October, 1954.]

BE it enacted, by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Mines

Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1954.

(2) In this Act the Mines Regulation Act, 1946,

Act No. 54 of 1946

is referred to as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Mines Regulation Act, 1946-1954.

1954.] Mines Regulation. [No. 24.

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2. Section twelve of the principal Act is amended amended.

by adding a subsection as follows:

(3) Where a district, special or workmen's inspector intends to enter a mine pursuant to the powers conferred by paragraph (b) of sub- sections (1) and (2) of this section, he shall where practicable before entering the mine give notice of his intention so to do, to either the owner, manager, assistant manager, under- ground manager, secretary, accountant or chief engineer of the mine.

3. Section fourteen of the principal Act is amended.

amended by

(a)	substituting for the word "his" in line nine the word "a";
(b)	adding after the word "conditions" in the last line the words "if a member of that Union is employed on the mine and the subject matter of the report concerns the member or his work on the mine".

4. Subsection (4) of section twenty-five of the amended.

principal Act is repealed and re-enacted as follows:

(4) A temporary appointment under the provisions of subsection (3) of this section shall not be made for a longer period than four weeks, except with the approval of the Minister.

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5. Section forty-four of the principal Act is amended.

amended by adding a paragraph as follows

(9) in cleaning spillage from a shaft.