(a) |
five members representing employers in the mining industry; |
(b) |
five members representing employees in the mining industry; |
(c) |
four members representing departments of the State; and |
[Section 42(2) substituted by section 10(a) of Notice No. 428, GG 32140, dated 17 April 2009 (Mine Health and Safety Amendment Act No. 74 of 2008)]
(2A) |
The Council may appoint members to committees, ad hoc, subcommittees and other committees, for any period of time and on any conditions. |
[Section 42(2A) substituted by section 10(b) of Notice No. 428, GG 32140, dated 17 April 2009 (Mine Health and Safety Amendment Act No. 74 of 2008)]
(2B) |
The structure and functions of any committee contemplated in subsection (2A) must be provided for in the constitution contemplated in section 97(3). |
[Section 42(2B) inserted by section 10(c) of Notice No. 428, GG 32140, dated 17 April 2009 (Mine Health and Safety Amendment Act No. 74 of 2008)]
(3) |
The Council and its committees must govern themselves in accordance with the constitution contemplated in section 97(3). |
[Section 97(3) empowers the Minister, after consulting the Council and by notice in the Gazette, to add a Schedule containing the constitution of the Council and its committees.]
(4) |
The Council may delegate any of its powers and assign any of its duties by or under this Act in accordance with the constitution contemplated in section 97(3). |
(5) |
A delegation or an assignment under subsection (4)— |
(b) |
may be subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Council may determine; and |
(c) |
does not prevent the exercise of that power or the performance of that duty by the Council. |
(6) |
Members of the Council, or of a committee of the Council, are each entitled to have their views reflected in any report of the Council or committee, as the case may be. |
(7) |
Each year, the Minister, with the agreement of the Minister of Finance, must provide sufficient funds for the administration of the Council, and committees of the Council, from public funds. |