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Prohibition

other than

againat

using

explosives

those

supplied

by

employer.

Method of

(c) on the cover of the box the word "EXPLOSIVES” shall be painted and maintained in distinctly legible letters;

(d) no box shall contain more than twenty pounds of ex-

plosives or one hundred detonators or capped fuses; (e) no other materials, implements or tools shall be placed

in a box in which there are explosives.

20. Shot-firers shall not use at their working places any explosives other than those supplied to them by their employers.

21. (1) All explosives issuing from a magazine shall be and cutting placed, kept and carried in wooden boxes until required for use.

carrying

explosives.

Mine

blasting

certificate,

(3) Only bone or wooden knives shall be used to cut up sticks of explosives.

22. (1) Save as provided in regulation 24, no person unless he is the holder of a mine blasting certificate issued under these and matters regulations shall prepare ur lice any charges, charge any hole

with explosives or conduct any blasting operations in a mine.

ancillary

thereto.

Form 1, Schedule.

Form D, Schedule.

(2) Application for a mine blasting certificate for which a fee of five dollars shall he charged shall be, in duplicate, in Form 1 in the Schedule and shall be made to the Superintendent of Mines.

(3) Mine blasting certificates may be issued free of charge to persons who are in the employment of Government :

Provided that such certificates shall be endorsed "FOR USE ON GOVERNMENT SERVICE ONLY" and shall be valid only whilst the holder remains in the service.

(4) (4) Mine blasting certificates in Form 11 in the Schedule may be issued by the Superintendent of Mines to such persons as shall prove to his satisfaction that they are competent to take charge of blasting operations in a mine. (b) The Superintendent of Mines may require the applicant to be in possession of a copy of these regulations before he issues a certificate.

(0) Such a certificate may authorize the holder to conduct blasting operations in accordance with any of the follow- ing categories as may be endorsed on the certificate by the Superintendent of Mines-

(i) un surface or in opencast workings only; (ii) in addition, in underground operations:

Provided that no holder of a mine blasting certificate shall usc clectricity for shot-firing when blasting unless his certificate has been endorsed by the Superintendent of Mines to permit its use. The Superintendent of Mines shall forward to the Commissioner of Police a copy of rach mine blasting certificate issued by him.

(5) (a) Every mine blasting certificate shall be valid for a period of three years from the date of issue but be

may renewed without charge for successive periods of three years each.

(6) Au applicant for renewal shall if so required by the Superintendent of Mines submit himself for re-examina- tinn as to his capabilities to conduct blasting operations and upon being satisfied as to the applicant's capabilities to conduct the operations the Superintendent of Mines may renew the certificate for a further period of three years by endorsing upon it the date and place of renewal and his signature.

(c) When a certificate is worn or defaced, the Superin- tendent of Mines may issue a fresh certificate marked “RENEWAL" with reference thereon to the worn certificate and shall impound and destroy the worn or defaced certificate.

(6) (a) The holder of a mine blasting rertificate may at any time apply to the Superintendent of Mines to vary his certificate.

(6) If the Superintendent of Mines is satisfied that the applicant is competent to conduct the blasting operations in respect of which he wishes his certificate varied he shall endorse the certificate accordingly and sign and date such endorsement and notify the Commissioner of Police of the variation.