MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT NO. 29 OF 1996 [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 amended by- (a) the substitution for the expression "Chief Inspector", of
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