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Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)

Chapter 3 : Health and Safety Representatives and Committees

27. Designation of working places

 

(1) If a collective agreement is concluded after the negotiations and consultations referred to in section 26, the employer must designate working places at the mine in accordance with that agreement.

 

(2) If no collective agreement is concluded after the negotiations and consultations referred to in section 26, the employer must designate working places at the mine so that—
(a) every working place at the mine is designated;
(b) no health and safety representative is responsible for more than 100 employees; and
(c) no health and safety representative is responsible for more than 50 employees if the designated working place includes separate working places.