ATC081022: Report on Mine Health and Safety Amendment Bill

NCOP Economic and Business Development

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:

          

CLAUSE 14

 

1.       On page 5, from line 31, to omit paragraph (l).

2.   On page 6, in line 7, to omit paragraph (d).

 

CLAUSE 15

 

1.       On page 7, in line 5, to omit “fund” and to substitute “Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate”.

CLAUSE 16

 

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).

 

CLAUSE 18

 

1.       On page 8, in line 19, to omit “an appropriate court” and to substitute “the Labour Court”.

 

 

CLAUSE 22

 

Clause rejected.

 

CLAUSE 23

 

Clause rejected.

 

CLAUSE 27

1.   On page 10, from line 19, after “omission” to insert “of an act falling within the scope of the authority or employment”.

 

CLAUSE 29

 

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).