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Notification of beginning and ending of certain mining and quarrying operations.
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125.—(1) The owner of a mine or quarry shall give notice to an inspector of any of the following events—
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(a) the beginning of operations for opening a mine, seam or vein, or a quarry or driving a new shaft or outlet of a mine;
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(b) the abandonment of a mine, shaft, outlet, seam or vein, or of a quarry;
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(c) the expiration of, in the case of a mine, seam or vein, two months, and, in the case of a quarry, twelve months, from the day on which it was last worked for getting minerals or products thereof;
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(d) the expiration of two months from the day on which a shaft or outlet was last used;
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(e) the resumption of working after abandonment or after the expiration of any such period.
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(2) The notice shall be given within two weeks after the happening of the event.
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(3) Where—
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(a) a mine, seam or vein is abandoned within two months, or a quarry within twelve months, after it was last worked for getting minerals or products thereof, or
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(b) a shaft or outlet is abandoned within two months after it was last used,
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it shall not be necessary to give notice of the expiration of such period.
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