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[接上页] (d) If required by the Superintendent of Mines, an electrical installation plan showing on a scale of 1:2000 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. (L.N. 87 of 1986)(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. Cap 285B reg 98 Duty to deposit copies with the Mines Division, Civil Engineering and Development Department Two copies of the under ground 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, Civil Engineering and Development Department and shall be brought up to date at the end of each year. (L.N. 214 of 1977; L.N. 42 of 1991; L.N. 364 of 1991; L.N. 104 of 2004) Cap 285B reg 99 Power of Superintendent to require transverse sections of shafts The Superintendent of Mines may require that transverse sections of the principal shafts in use in a mine shall be made. Cap 285B reg 100 Power of Superintendent in respect of plans (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. Cap 285B reg 101 Duty not to make plans public Expanded Cross Reference: 97,98,99,100 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: <* Note- Exp. x-Ref: Regulations 97, 98, 99, 100*> Provided that nothing in this regulation shall prevent officers of the Mines Division, Civil Engineering and Development Department showing or supplying to the public maps showing boundaries of titles and topography. (L.N. 214 of 1977; L.N. 42 of 1991; L.N. 364 of 1991; L.N. 104 of 2004) Cap 285B reg 102 Duty regarding abandonment of mine Before a mine or any part of a mine is abandoned or closed down or rendered inaccessible, all underground plans shall be brought up to date, and copies thereof shall be deposited at the office of the Mines Division, Civil Engineering and Development Department. (L.N. 214 of 1977; L.N. 42 of 1991; L.N. 364 of 1991; L.N. 104 of 2004) Cap 285B reg 103 Obligation to remedy any dangerous practice PART XII GENERAL (1) Where in exercise of the powers conferred by section 44 of the Ordinance, a mines officer considers any mine or any matter, thing or practice in or connected with a mine to be dangerous or defective so as, in his opinion, to threaten or tend to the bodily injury of any person, he may give notice in writing thereof to the manager with a copy to the holder of the licence or lessee or his agent and shall state in such notice the particulars in which he considers such mine, matter, thing or practice to be dangerous or defective, and shall require the same to be remedied, either forthwith or within such time as he may specify, and may order work to be suspended until the danger is removed to his satisfaction. (2) On receipt of the notice issued under paragraph (1), the manager shall comply therewith, or, if he intends to object thereto, he shall cease to use the said mine, or part thereof or thing or practice, as to which notice has been given, and shall forthwith withdraw all men form the danger indicated in such notice until such time as the matter is determined by the Superintendent of Mines: Provided that if, in the opinion of the officer who made the order, there is no immediate danger, he may allow work to proceed during such period, under such restrictions and upon such conditions as he may specify in writing in order to ensure the safety of the workmen. (3) (a) When the manager is aggrieved by the provisions of any notice given under paragraphs (1) and (2), he may within 7 days after the receipt thereof, state his objection in writing to the Superintendent of Mines and thereupon the matter shall be determined by the Superintendent of Mines or by such officer as he may appoint on that behalf. (b) The Superintendent of Mines, or such officer, when considering the objection may take cognizance of any reports bearing on the mine, thing or practice considered dangerous or defective and the degree of skill of those to be employed in the mine.(4) Any manager aggrieved by a decision made under the provisions of paragraph (3) may, within 15 days of the notification to him of that decision, appeal to the Commissioner. |