General duties

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2.
General duties
2.1.
Duties of governments where coal is mined
2.1.1.
(1) In every country where coal is mined, it should
be the duty of the government to enact sufficient appropriate
legislation to ensure the safe conduct of the mines together with
the minimum of risk to health.
(2) Such legislation should be determined after consultation
with the most representative organisations of employers and
workers.
2.1.2. (1) The government should enforce the legislation
by means of a body of persons (normally known as the
inspectorate) which should form part of the competent
authority.
(2) This body of persons should be adequately empowered
and maintained at a strength and at a technical standard
sufficient for it to ensure that the legislation is observed at all
mines.
(3) The competent authority should have power to make
regulations pertaining to individual mines or circumstances and
to grant exemption from national laws or regulations.
(4) It should also have power to object to or amend any rule
or scheme made by a mine manager.
2.1.3.
(1) The government should ensure that those
employed in coal mines have the statutory right to appoint their
representatives who may inspect the mine workings at intervals
which should be stated in national laws or regulations.
(2) It should also ensure that all facilities for such
inspections and for the examination of mine records relating to
safety and health matters should be made available by the mine
operator and manager.
(3) Each report of an inspection made by workers'
representatives should be sent to the competent authority who
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