General

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General

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Definitions

1.1.1. In this code of practice—

(a) the term "competent authority" means a minister, govern-

ment department or other public authority having powers to

issue regulations, orders, decrees or other instructions having

the force of law in respect of safety in coal mines, or an

authority entrusted with the enforcement of such regulations

or instructions;

(b) the term "manager" means a duly qualified and appointed

person legally responsible for the management and technical

direction of the mine, whether he is the mine operator or a

person appointed by him;

(c) the term "supervisory official" means a person appointed by

the manager to supervise or perform certain work, or to

supervise the operation of certain machinery, plant, or equip-

ment, and who is competent and responsible for the duties

so assigned to him, and has been provided by the manager

with the necessary instructions and facilities for their proper

performance;

(d) the term "authorised person" means a person appointed or

selected by the manager to carry out special duties and com-

petent and responsible for the work he has been directed to

perform;

(e) the term "shot-firer" means a person authorised to fire shots

under conditions specified in national laws or regulations;

(f) the term "face" means the moving front of any working place,

entry, slope or drift;

(g) the term "firedamp" means any flammable gas, chiefly meth-

ane,

given off from the coal or other strata in a mine; and

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