Report of the Select Committee on Economic and
Foreign Affairs on the Mine Health and
Safety Amendment Bill [B54B-2008] (National Assembly – sec 75), dated 22
October 2008:
The
Select Committee on Economic and Foreign Affairs, having considered the subject of the Mine Health
and Safety Amendment Bill [B54B–
2008] [National Assembly-s75] referred to it, reports the Bill with proposed amendments
as follows:
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1.
On page 5, from line 31, to omit paragraph (l).
2. On page 6, in line 7,
to omit paragraph (d).
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1.
On page 7, in line 5, to omit “fund” and to substitute “Mine
Health and Safety Inspectorate”.
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1.
On page 7, in line 21, to omit “must” and to substitute
“may”.
NEW CLAUSE
1.
That the following be the new clause:
Amendment of section 54 of Act 29 of 1996, as amended
by section 23 of Act 72 of 1997 and section 24 of Act 72 of 1997
17. Section 54 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of subsections (7), (8), (9)
and (10).
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1.
On page 8, in line 19, to omit “an appropriate court” and to
substitute “the
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Clause rejected.
CLAUSE 23
Clause rejected.
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1. On page 10, from
line 19, after “omission” to insert “of an act falling within the scope of the
authority or employment”.
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1. On page 10, in line 57, to omit “subsections”
and to substitute “subsection”.
1.
On page 11, after line 2, to insert the following:
“(b) by the deletion
of the table after subsection (5);
(c) by the addition
of the following subsections:”
2. On page 11, in line 15, to omit paragraph (b).