Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)Chapter 3 : Health and Safety Representatives and Committees25. Health and safety representatives and committees |
| (1) | Every mine with 20 or more employees must have a health and safety representative for each shift at each designated working place at the mine. |
[The process for designating working places is set out in section 27.]
| (2) | Every mine with 100 or more employees must have one or more health and safety committees. |
| (3) | A health and safety representative or a member of a health and safety committee does not incur any civil liability only because of doing or failing to do something which a health and safety representative or a member of a health and safety committee may do or is required to do in terms of this Act. |
[It is an offence to fail to do anything required by this Act. See section 91.]