Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (Act No. 78 of 1973)Chapter II : Control in respect of mines and works, and determination of risk11. Cancellation of control |
(1) | If the Minister is satisfied after consultation with the Chief Inspector as contemplated in the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996— |
(a) | that operations at a controlled mine or a controlled works have ceased; or |
(b) | that persons employed at a controlled mine or a controlled works no longer perform any risk work thereat; or |
(c) | that the number of persons who perform risk work at a controlled mine or a controlled works has decreased to less than thirty, |
he may, subject to the provisions of section 17 (2), by notice in the Gazette declare that the mine or works in question shall cease to be a controlled mine or a controlled works as from a date to be specified in the notice, not being a date earlier than thirty days after the day on which the notice appears in the Gazette.
(2) | The provisions of section 10 (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis with reference to a notice under subsection (1) of this section. |