Plans

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CHAPTER III

PLANS

REGULATION

5. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.

Every mine shall keep accurate and adequate plans showing

separately for each seam worked particulars of all the workings

and such other particulars of use from the safety standpoint as

may be specified in national laws or regulations.

2.

One copy of the plans shall be kept by the mine operator

and another should be communicated to the competent authority

once a year, or at such other intervals as it may require, after

being brought up to date.

3.

(1) All mine plans shall be brought up to date at regular

intervals, to be specified in national laws or regulations.

(2) No mine or part of a mine shall be abandoned before

the mine plans have been brought up to date in agreement with

the competent authority, who shall be notified of the abandon-

ment as required by Regulation 2, paragraph 5.

(3) The requirements of subparagraph (2) shall not apply if

the abandonment results from an unforeseen emergency that makes

access to such workings impossible or highly dangerous; in such

case the mine plans shall be supplemented as far as possible from

indications furnished by the manager.

4.

(1) At every mine a duly certificated surveyor 1 shall be

responsible for the accuracy of all statutory mine plans.

(2) If mine plans are found deficient by the competent

authority, this authority shall be empowered to have the mine

surveyed and to have fresh plans prepared at the expense of the

mine operator.

1 " Surveyor " is equivalent to " mining engineer ".