Mines and Quarries Act, 1965

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Charge of winding and rope haulage apparatus when persons are not carried.

44.—(1) No mechanically or gravity operated winding apparatus at a shaft or staple-pit shall be operated on an occasion when no persons are carried by means thereof except by, or under the constant supervision of, a competent male person who is at least twenty-one years of age.

(2) No mechanically or gravity operated rope haulage apparatus at a mine shall be operated on any such occasion except by, or under the constant supervision of, a competent male person who is at least eighteen years of age.

(3) An inspector may by notice served on the manager of a mine exempt any apparatus from subsection (2).