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Approval to be withdrawn on request.
Proprietor to give notice of termination of employment of supervisor or deputy
supervisor.
Grounds on
which approval of supervisor or deputy
supervisor may be withdrawIL.
8. (1) At the request of an approved supervisor or an approved deputy supervisor in a quarry, the Commissioner of Labour shall withdraw his approval of that supervisor or deputy supervisor.
(2) Where the Commissioner of Labour withdraws his approval of any supervisor or deputy supervisor under paragraph (1), the Commissioner shall forthwith notify the proprietor of the quarry in writing, in English and in Chinese, that his approval bas been so withdrawn,
9.
(1) Where the proprietor of a quarry ceases to employ an approved supervisor or an approved deputy supervisor, the proprietor shall within fourteen days thereafter notify the Com- missioner of Labour in writing, in English or in Chinese, of-
(a) the full name of that supervisor or deputy supervisor:
and
(6) the date on which he ceased to employ that supervisor
or deputy supervisor.
(2) Any proprietor who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
10. (1) Where the Commissioner of Labour is satisfied that an approved supervisor or an approved deputy supervisor of a quarry
(a) has been convicted of an offence against these regula.
tions; or
(5) is no longer acting as an approved supervisor or an approved deputy supervisor of the quarry for the purposes of these regulations,
he may withdraw his approval of that supervisor or deputy supervisor.
(2) Where the Commissioner of Labour withdraws his approval of a supervisor or a deputy supervisor under paragraph (1), the Commissioner shall forthwith serve notice in writing, io English and in Chinese, of his decision on-
(a) that supervisor or deputy supervisor: and (b) the proprietor of the quarry.
(3) Every notice referred to in paragraph (2) shall include- (a) a statement of the reasons of the Commissioner of
Labour for withdrawing his approval; and
(b) an endorsement which shall set out the provisions of this
regulation and of regulations 11, 12 and 13.
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(4) Any supervisor or deputy supervisor in respect of whom the Commissioner of Labour withdraws his approval under para- graph (1) may appeal by way of petition to the Governor.
11. Every appeal under paragraph (3) of regulation 7 or paragraph (4) of regulation 10 shall be brought within twenty-one days of the date of service on the appellant of the notice in writing of the decision of the Commissioner of Labour against which the appeal is brought.
12. Upon any such appeal the Governor may confirm, co- verse or vary the decision of the Commissioner of Labour.
13. (1) Where the Commissioner of Labour withdraws his approval of a supervisor or deputy supervisor of a quarry under paragraph (1) of regulation 10. the Commissioner of Labour may permit the supervisor or deputy supervisor to continue to be an approved supervisor or an approved deputy supervisor of the quarry on such conditions, if any, as the Commissioner of Labour thinks fit-
(x) until the time specified in regulation 11 for bringing an
appeal has expired; or
(b) where the supervisor or deputy supervisor within the time specified in regulation 11 appeals against the decision of the Commissioner of Labour, until the appeal is dis- posed of,
whichever event occurs first.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where the supervisor or deputy supervisor within the time specified in regulation 11 appcals against the decision of the Commissioner of Labour and the appeal is not disposed of within that specified time, the Commissioner of Labour may permit the supervisor or deputy supervisor to con- tinue to be an approved supervisor or an approved deputy super- visor of the quarry on such conditions, if any, as the Commissioner of Labour thinks fit, until the appeal is disposed of.
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REGISTERS.
14. (1) In every quarry there shall at all times be kept and maintained the following registers—
(a) an Equipment Register;
(b) a Quarry Inspection Register; and (c) a Time Register.
Time limit for appeal.
Powers of Govenor o appeal.
Permission for supervisor
or deputy supervisor to continue to act pending appeal.
Registers to be kept in quanITY.