Machinery and plant

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16.
Machinery and plant
16.1.
General provisions
16.1.1.
All machinery and plant used in connection with
the working of the mine should be of good design, sound
construction, suitable material, adequate strength, free from
patent defect and properly maintained.
16.1.2.
The mine operator should have the duty of-
(a) making financial provision for the training of an adequate
number of persons to fulfil properly the requirements of this
chapter;
(b) providing adequate training facilities for the persons
engaged in fulfilling the requirements of this chapter.
16.1.3.
Small mines (as defined by national laws or
regulations) which do not, as individual mines, have sufficient
resources to fulfil the requirements of this chapter should pool
their resources with other mines or make such other
arrangements as to be able to comply properly with the relevant
requirements.
6.1.4. (1) It should be the duty of the manager of every
mine to ensure that the engineer appointed under paragraph
2.3.5 prepares and implements a scheme with respect to the
mechanical apparatus at a mine.
(2) This scheme should cover -
(a) the systematic examination and testing of all mechanical
apparatus at the mine to ensure proper maintenance
thereof;
(b) the intervals, which may differ from part to part of
apparatus, at which all mechanical apparatus should be
examined and tested;
(c) the nature of the examination and testing which should be
carried out;
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