New South Wales Repealed Acts

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MINES INSPECTION ACT 1901 - SECT 57

57 Non-compliance with rules

Any person who contravenes or does not comply with any of the general rules shall be guilty of an offence against this Act; and in the event of any such contravention by any person whomsoever in the case of any mine:

(a) the owner of the mine shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, unless the owner proves that he or she had taken all reasonable means, by publishing and to the best of his or her power enforcing the rules as regulations for the working of the mine so as to prevent such contravention or non-compliance, and

(b) the general manager of the mine shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, unless the general manager proves that he or she had taken all reasonable means, by publishing and to the best of his or her power enforcing the rules as regulations for the working of the mine so as to prevent such contravention or non-compliance, and

(c) if the offence relates to the production operations at the mine-the production manager is guilty of an offence against this Act unless the production manager proves that he or she had taken all reasonable means, by enforcing the rules as regulations for the working of the mine to the best of his or her power, so as to prevent such contravention or non-compliance.