Coal-mines Amendment Act 1908
Coal-mines Amendment Act 1908
Coal-mines Amendment Act 1908
Public Act |
1908 No 251 |
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Date of assent |
10 October 1908 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Coal-mines Act, 1908.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1908.
2 Section 38 of Coalmines Act amended.
Section thirty-eight of the Coal-mines Act, 1908, is hereby amended by adding to subsection one thereof the following words: “Such overtime shall be paid at the rate of not less than time and a quarter for all time worked in excess of the said eight hours, and shall be payable notwithstanding the provisions of any award or industrial agreement now or hereafter to be in force. Every miner employed on Sundays or holidays in or about a mine shall be entitled to be paid at the rate of one and a half times his ordinary wages.”
3 Section 27 of principal Act amended.
Subsection one of section twenty-seven of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows:—
(a.)
By omitting the word “six”
wherever it occurs, and substituting the word “eight”
; and
(b.)
By adding thereto the following:—
“Provided that in the case of a mine the workings of which are of an opencast nature, and in which eight men or less are employed, the mine-manager, if not the holder of a certificate, shall be the holder of a permit from the Inspector, and the person so permitted by the Inspector shall have not less than three years’ practical experience in a similar class of work.”
4 Section 47 of principal Act amended.
Section forty-seven of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the word “six”
in subsection three, and substituting the word “eight.”
5 Crib-time.
Section thirty-eight of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection one, the following subsection:—
“(1a.)
Every miner shall be allowed at least thirty minutes out of every working-day of eight hours for crib-time, notwithstanding the provisions of any award or industrial agreement.”
6 Underviewers, firemen, and deputies.
Subsection one of section one hundred and one of the principal Act is hereby repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—
“(1.)
No person shall be appointed to the position of underviewer or fireman and deputy unless he has had five years’ experience in underground workings in a coal-mine, and has passed an examination in gases, ventilation, and timbering by one or more members of the Board of Examiners and an Inspector of Mines.
“(2.)
All persons who for a period of twelve months immediately before the commencement of this Act have held the position of underviewer or fireman and deputy may, on application to the Board of Examiners before the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and nine, and after recommendation by an Inspector of Mines, be granted a certificate of service as underviewer or as fireman and deputy, as the case may be.”
7 Second Schedule of principal Act amended.
The Second Schedule to the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting at the end of rule 57 the following words: “nor shall any manager or other official of the mine use threatening or abusive language towards any person employed in or about the mine.”