Mines Regulation Act Amendment Act 1961 (WA)

No. 75.] Mines Regulation. [1961.

MINES REGULATION.

10° Elizabeth II., No. =CV.

No. 75 of 1961.

AN ACT to amend the Mines Regulation

Act, 1946-1956.

[Assented to 28th November, 1961.]

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, 1961.

Reprinted in

vol. 10 of the	(2)	In this Act the Mines Regulation Act, 1946-
Reprinted

Acts	1956, is referred to as the principal Act.
approved for reprint
2nd July,

1956, and	(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act
further

amended by	may be cited as the Mines Regulation Act, 1946-
Act No. 54
of 1956.	1961.

1961.] Mines Regulation. [No. 75.

Commence-

2. This Act 'shall come into operation on a day ment.

to be fixed by proclamation.

3.    Paragraph (1) of section eight of the principal amended.

Act is repealed and re-enacted with amendments as follows:—

(1) District inspectors, who have the same

"This Act"

powers as inspectors under this Act; but a

Includes

regulations.

person shall, before he is appointed a

See Act

district inspector, satisfy the Minister that

No. 30 of

1918.

he is the holder of a First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency under this Act.

4. Subsections (1) and (2) of section twenty-five amended.

of the principal Act are repealed and re-enacted

with amendments as follows:—

The underground workings of every mine employing twenty-five or more men under- ground shall be under the control and daily supervision of an underground manager, who may be the registered manager, and who shall be the holder of a First Class Mine Manager's

(1)

"This Act"

Certificate of Competency under this Act or a

includes

regulations.

certificate that is deemed equivalent thereto by

See Act No. 30 of

the Board of Examiners established under this

1918.

Act.

(2) The underground workings of every mine employing less than twenty-five men under- ground shall, where required by the District Inspector acting in the district wherein the mine is situated or in the mine, be under the control and daily supervision of an underground manager, who shall be the holder of a Second Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency under this Act or a certificate that is deemed r,Tcliscitt"

equivalent thereto by the Board of Examiners Mgt

established under this Act. 30 of 1918.

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

amended

(a)	by adding after the section number, "45", the subsection designation, "(1)";
(b)	by adding before the word, "Permits" in line sixteen, the subsection designation, "(2)";
(c)	by adding after the word, "with" in line

sixteen, the passage, "subsection (1) of";

and

(d) by adding after the word, "issued", being the last word in the section, the following subsections:

(3) The Minister, on being satisfied that the employment of labour on Sunday in or about any mine in the Yampi Sound area in the State . is necessary for the efficient conduct of mining operations in or about the mine, may authorise in writing such employment.

(4) An authority granted under sub- section (3) of this section shall state the number of workmen that may be employed on a Sunday, the nature of their employment and the period for which the authority shall extend.

S. 46

amended. 6. Subsection (4) of section forty-six of the

principal Act is amended

(a)	by substituting for the passage, "12 H.P." in line two, the words, "twenty horse power"; and
(b)	by adding before the word, "depth" in line two, the word "vertical".