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

Chapter 4 : Tripartite Institutions

45. Mining Qualifications Authority

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(1)The Mining Qualifications Authority consists of—
(a)five members representing employers in the mining industry;
(b)five members representing employees in the mining industry;
(c)four members representing departments of State; and
(d)the Chief Inspector of Mines of Mines who must chair the Mining Qualifications Authority.

 

(2)The members of the Mining Qualifications Authority must be appointed in accordance with the constitution contemplated in section 97(4).

 

(3)The Mining Qualifications Authority and its committees must govern themselves in accordance with the constitution contemplated in section 97(4).

[Section 97(4) empowers the Minister, after consulting the Council and by notice in the Gazette, to add a Schedule containing the constitution of the Mining Qualifications Authority.]