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CAP. 591

Quarries (Safety) Regulations

[Subsidiary]

[1981 Ed.

L.N. 208 73.

L.N, 208.73.

"Quarry Inspection Register" means the register required to be kept

and maintained in a quarry under regulation 14(1)(b);

"safety harness" includes a safety belt;

13 Klonewtons "safety rope” means a fibre or nylon rope which, whether consisting of a single length or made up of lengths, has an overall minimum breaking load of 3-000 pounds force and a minimum circumference of 14 inches,

"supervisor on duty" means the approved supervisor or the approved deputy supervisor under whose supervision any work is for the time being carried on in a quarry in accordance with regulation 25(1) or (2);

30 millimetres

"Time Register" means the register required to be kept and main-

tained in a quarry under regulation 14(1)(c);

"vehicle" includes any mechanical equipment; and

"work" includes the operation or driving of any mechanical equip-

ment.

Application for approval as supervisor. First Schedule. Form 1.

Grounds for approval of supervisor.

PART II

APPROVAL OF SUPERVISORS AND DEPUTY SUPERVISORS

3. (1) An application for the approval of any person as a supervisor of a quarry shall be made by that person in the prescribed form.

(2) Every application made under paragraph (1) shall have a full-face photograph of the applicant affixed thereto.

(3) Any application made under paragraph (1) may specify a date, being not more than 3 months later than the date of the application, before which the applicant does not desire the approval to come into effect.

4. (1) Where, on an application for the approval of any person as a supervisor of a quarry, the Commissioner for Labour is satisfied that the applicant-

(a) is not less than 30 years of age:

(b) has had not less than 5 years practical experience in work

in quarries; and

(c) is competent to be an approved supervisor of the quarry

for the purposes of these regulations.

and that the proprietor consents to the approval of the applicant. the Commissioner for Labour may approve the applicant as a supervisor of the quarry.

(2) Where the Commissioner for Labour approves under paragraph (1) any applicant who has specified under regulation 3(3)