Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961 - Directorate General of ...

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4[33. Definition – For the purpose of these regulations –
(a) all excavations within the mine boundary and all premises, plants, machinery and works as specified in
clause (j) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Act shall collectively constitute the mine;
(b) the expression, “average employment” of any mine, means the average per day during the preceding
quarter of the total employment in all excavations and specified ancillary facilities within the specified
mine boundaries (obtained by dividing the number of man days worked by the number of working
days excluding the rest days and other non-working days.]
34. Qualifications and appointment of managers – (1)(a) No mine shall be opened, worked or re-opened
unless there is a manager of the mine, being a person duly appointed and having such qualifications as are
required by these regulations.
(b) No person shall act or be employed as a manager unless he is 23 years of age and is paid by, and is
directly answerable to, the owner or agent of the mine.
(2) Except as hereinafter provided in sub-regulation (6), and subject to the p rovisions of sub-regulation (3),
no person shall act or continue to act, or be appointed, as manager of a mine or mines the average
employment of which corresponds to the figures given in column (I) of the table below unless he holds the
corresponding qualifications given in column (ii) thereof :
(i)
(a) In excess of 150 in workings belowground or
of 400 in all the mine
(b) In excess of 75 but not exceeding 150 in
workings below ground, or in excess of 150
but not exceeding 400 in all in the mine.
(ii)
A First Class Manager’s Certificate
A First or Second Class Manager’s Certificate
(c) In any other case ……..
A First or Second Class Manager’s Certificate or
a Managers permit granted under sub-regulation
(5).
Provided that no person shall act or continue to act, or be appointed, as manager of a mine or mines where
work is being carried on by a system of deep-hole blasting and/or with the help of heavy machinery for the
digging, excavation and removal, etc., of earth, stone, mineral or other material unless h e holds a first class
manager’s certificate :
Provided further that where special conditions exist, the Chief Inspector may, by an order in writing, direct
that in the case of any such mine as is referred to in clause (b) of the table, the manager thereof shall be the
holder of a First Class Manager’s Certificate, and that in the case of any such mine as is referred to in
clause (c) of the table, the manager thereof shall be the holder of a First or Second Class Manager’s
Certificate:
Provided further that if any mine undertaking consists of two or more separate mines and if, in the opinion
of the Chief Inspector, they are not sufficiently near to one another to permit of daily personal supervision
being exercised by one manager, he may, by an order in writing, require the appointment of a separate
manager for each of such mines.