1986 Ed.]
Mines (Safety) Regulations
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(c) Ventilation plan indicating the intake airways by blue arrows and the return airways by red arrows, on a scale of 1:2,000, showing the system of ventilation in the mine, in particular the general direction of the air currents, the points where the quantity of air is measured and all devices for the regulation and distribution of the air. All ventilation doors, toppings, air crossings, fire dams or seals, and regulators and all telephones and ambulance stations shall be shown in accordance with the symbols approved by the Superintendent of Mines.
(d) If required by the Superintendent of Mines, an electrical installation plan showing on a scale of 1:2,000 the position of all fixed electrical appliances in the mine other than telephones and haulage signalling apparatus. The system of cables for distribution of current is not required to be shown unless so ordered.
(2) Where, prior to the coming into operation of these regulations, plans of mines, as required by paragraph (1) were kept on different scales to those stipulated therein, the mines in question may continue to use the scales for parts of the mine as may be approved, if a mines officer is satisfied that they are satisfactory for all working requirements.
98. Two copies of the underground plan as required by regulation 97(1) duly certified as correct by the manager of a mine shall be deposited at the office of the Mines Division, Labour Department and shall be brought up to date at the end of each year.
99. The Superintendent of Mines may require that transverse sections of the principal shafts in use in a mine shall be made.
100. (1) If in respect of any mine the plans required by regulation 97 are not made, or are not kept as required, the Superintendent of Mines may have such plans or necessary additions thereto made at the expense of the manager.
(2) If copies of the underground plan are not deposited as required by regulation 98 or if copies sent are not made according to the regulations, the Superintendent of Mines may have copies or any necessary additions thereto made at the expense of the manager.
101. Copies of the plans referred to in regulations 97 to 100 or any information concerning them shall not be given by any public servant to any unauthorized person; nor shall they be inspected by any unauthorized person without the written permission of the manager:
Provided that nothing in this regulation shall prevent officers of the Mines Division, Labour Department showing or supplying to the public maps showing boundaries of titles and topography.
[Subsidiary]
Duty to deposit copies with the Mines Division, Labour Department. L.N. 214/77.
Power of Superintendent to require transverse sections of shafts.
Power of Superintendent in respect of plans.
Duty not to make plans public. L.N. 214/77.
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