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  INTRODUCTION MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT NO. 29 OF 1996  The full act on page 1 (next page)   [ASSENTED TO 30 MAY, 1996]  [DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 15 JANUARY, 1997]  (Unless otherwise indicated)  (English text signed by the President)  This Act has been updated to Government Gazette 32226 dated 12 May, 2009.   as amended by   Mine Health and Safety Amendment Act, No. 72 of 1997   Skills Development Amendment Act, No. 31 of 2003 [with effect from 14 November, 2003]       Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, No. 28 of 2002   Mine Health and Safety Amendment Act, No. 74 of 2008    Mine Health and Safety Amendment Act, No. 74 of 2008 (provisions mentioned below not yet proclaimed)    Proposed amendment by    Section to be amended    S. 16 of Act No. 74 of 2008    S. 50 of Act No. 29 of 1996    S. 26 of Act No. 74 of 2008    Inserts s. 86A in Act No. 29 of 1996       GENERAL NOTE   In terms of s. 47 of Act No. 72 of 1997, the expressions in the principal Act are amend