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15. Any person who contravenes section 6 or section 9 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10.000 and to imprisonment for 6 months and in addition shall be liable to a fine of $100 for each day on which the offence is continued.

PART II

OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND ALTERATION

16. The owner of an aerial ropeway shall not commence to operate the ropeway until the Director has approved in writing the commencement of operation.

17. (1) An aerial ropeway shall be maintained by the owner thereof in a safe state of repair.

(2) The Director may, by notice in writing, require the owner to effect such repairs or alterations to his aerial ropeway as he considers necessary for the proper maintenance thereof and for the obviation of fire and other hazards therein.

(3) If the owner of an aerial ropeway fails to comply with any such requirement within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice the Director may effect the necessary repairs or alterations.

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(4) If at any time there exist, in the opinion of the Director, any circumstances requiring the immediate putting into effect of such repaits or alterations he may require the owner to effect the same forthwith or if he thinks Gt, may forthwith effect the same with or without notice to the owner,

(5) The expense of repairs or alterations under this section shall be borne by the owner and where any such repairs or alterations are effecled by the Director the expense thereof shall be recoverable from the owner as a debt due to the Crown.

IB. (E) The owner of an aerial ropeway may, or if so required by the Director shall, close or partially close the ropeway to the use of the public whenever necessary to enable any repairs or alterations to be effected to the ropeway,

(2) Save in the case of an emergency, the owner shall not effect any such closure without prior notification to the Director.

(3) Whenever a closure is effected under this section in pursuance of a_requirement of the Director, the ropeway or such part thereof thereby affected shall not be re-opened to the use of the public without the prior consent of the Director.

19. (1) The owner of an aerial ropeway may, and if so required by the Director shall, close or partially close the ropeway to the use of the public whenever such action appears reasonably necessary for the safety of persons using or employed in the operation of the ropeway.

(2) Save when required by the Director to close or partially close the aerial ropeway, the owner of an aerial ropeway shall natify the Director forthwith of any such closure.

20. (1) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall, to the satisfaction of Control and the Director, provide personnel and facilities for the control and safety fey of heal of persons using the ropeway,

(2) The provision of such personnel and Facilities shall be at the expense of the owner of the ropeway,

11. Save with the prior consent of the Director, the owner of an aerial ropeway shall not make any major alterations to the ropeway.

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22. (1) Where any major alterations are made to an aerial ropeway, Eximiorsion the Director shall, before the normal use and operation thereof is resumed, and veg of examine and test the ropeway so far as may be necessary to determine so which malar that those parts of the aerial ropeway affected by such major alterations anemallons AYS are in safe working order.

(2) If the Director is satisfied that such parts of the serial ropeway are in safe working order he shall permit the use and operation of the ropeway to be resumed; and if he is not so satisfied, shall refuse to permit the use and operation of the ropeway to be resumed and shall provide reasons for his refusal.

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23. (1) The Director, or any public officer authorized by him in Former po writing. may at all reasonable times enter any land in order to inspect puer and any acrial ropeway on that land or passing over that land; and may also enter and inspect any building or structure connected with any acrial ropeway.

(2) The owner of any land, building of structure shall afford such facilities for the inspection referred to in subsection (1) as may be reason- ably required by the Director.

PART IV

APTEALS

24. (1) If the person installing an aerial ropeway or the owner of Appenia. An aerial ropeway is aggrieved by any requirement or direction made. or the withholding of any consent or approval, by the Director under this Ordinance the owner may appeal by petition to the Governor in Council. (2) Save where the Governor in Council otherwise directs, when any such appeal has been made, na such requirement or direction, other than a requirement under section 18 or 19 to close or partially close the aerial topeway, shall be enforced until the decision of the Governor in Council on the appeal is made.

(3) The decision of the Governor in Council on any such appeal shall be dust.

PART V

RECORDS AND INFORMATION

25, (1) The owner of an aerial ropeway shall maintain such plana, Recorda. recordy and documents relating to the ropeway and the use and operation

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