Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)

Chapter 3 : Health and Safety Representatives and Committees

29. Election and appointment of representatives

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(1)At a mine referred to in section 25(1), the employees in a designated working place may elect from among themselves health and safety representatives.

 

(2)The employees at the mine may elect from among themselves any full-time health and safety representatives that may be agreed or determined in terms of section 26.

[Section 26 deals with the election or appointment of health and safety representatives.]

 

(3)The elections referred to in subsections (1) and (2) must be conducted in the prescribed manner.

 

(4)The employees elected as representatives in terms of this section must be appointed by the employer in the prescribed manner.