Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (Act No. 78 of 1973)

Chapter III : Certificates of fitness, and medical and other examinations

36. Cost of medical examinations

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(1)The cost of any medical examination under this Act, and the cost incurred to keep a person under observation in accordance with any provision of this Act, shall—
(a)in the case of a person who works at a mine or works, or whom the owner of a mine or works intends to employ, be borne by the owner of the mine or works; and
(b)in the case of any other person, be paid by the Director-General from moneys appropriated by Parliament for that purpose.

 

(2)For the purposes of this section "mine or works" means a controlled mine or a controlled works or a mine or works in respect of which the Minister has under section 12 applied the provisions of this section.

 

[Section 36 substituted by section 10 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 208 of 1993]