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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Mine
Health and Safety Amendment Act,
No. 74 of 2008
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Northern Sotho, except iro notice of assent date in English**
Long title
To amend the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996, so as to review and strengthen enforcement provisions; to simplify the administrative system for the issuing of fines; to reinforce offences and penalties; to substitute, add and remove ambiguities in certain definitions and expressions; and to effect certain amendments necessary to ensure consistency with other laws, particularly the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
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NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Northern Sotho, except iro notice of assent date in English**
Long title
To amend the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996, so as to review and strengthen enforcement provisions; to simplify the administrative system for the issuing of fines; to reinforce offences and penalties; to substitute, add and remove ambiguities in certain definitions and expressions; and to effect certain amendments necessary to ensure consistency with other laws, particularly the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 2 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 2. | Amendment
of section 2A of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 3. | Amendment
of section 10 of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 4. | Amendment
of section 11 of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 5. | Amendment
of section 13 of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 6. | Amendment
of section 17 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 7. | Amendment
of section 20 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 8. | Amendment
of section 23 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 9. | Amendment
of section 41 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 10. | Amendment
of section 42 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 11. | Amendment
of section 43 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 12. | Repeal
of section 44 of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 13. | Amendment
of section 47 of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 14. | Amendment
of section 49 of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 15. | Insertion
of sections 49A and 49B in Act 29 of 1996 |
| 16. | Amendment
of section 50 of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 17. | Amendment
of section 54 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 18. | Amendment
of section 55A of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 19. | Substitution
of section 55B of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 20. | Repeal of sections 55C to 55H of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 21. | Amendment of section 57 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 22. | Repeal
of section 57A of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 23. | Amendment
of section 63 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 24. | Amendment
of section 71 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 25. | Amendment
of section 76 of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 26. | Insertion
of section 86A in Act 29 of 1996 |
| 27. | Amendment
of section 91 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 28. | Amendment
of section 92 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 29. | Amendment
of section 98 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 30. | Amendment
of section 102 of Act 29 of 1996... |
| 31. | Substitution
of section 104 of Act 29 of 1996 |
| 32. | Amendment
of Schedule 4 to Act 29 of 1996... |
| 33. | Insertion
of Schedule 8 in Act 29 of 1996 |
| 34. | Amendment
of certain expressions in Act 29 of 1996 |
| 35. | Short title and commencement |
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