Definitions

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Definitions

In this Code, the following terms have the meanings hereby

assigned to them:

(a) approved type means, in relation to equipment used in a

mine, any equipment which has been approved for use by

the competent authority; where such equipment is

exported, the Approval Certificate should be accompanied

by a manufacturer's document which certifies that it

complies in every way with the Approval Certificate; where

importing countries specify changes in the Approval

Certificate, the latter must state that such changes have been

made and comply with the requested specifications; the

competent authority and purchasers may then accept such

certificates as valid for the purposes of this Code;

(b) authorised person means a person appointed by the mine

operator or manager to carry out specified duties and who is

competent and responsible for the work he has been

directed to perform;

(c) auxiliary fan means a fan used for ventilating a heading,

drift or blind end;

(d) banksman means a competent person appointed by the

manager or equivalent who is in attendance for the purpose

of receiving and transmitting signals at the landing in use at

the top of the shaft whenever any person is about to be

lowered through the shaft, and whenever any person who is

to be raised through the shaft is below ground;

(e)

booster

fan means a ventilating fan which is installed in a

main airway or a district airway for the purpose of boosting,

or increasing, the quantity of air in that part of the mine;

(f)

electrical

apparatus includes electric cables and any part of

any machinery, apparatus or appliance being a part

designed for the generation, conversion, storage,

transmission or utilisation of electricity;

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