Mines and Quarries Act 1954

100 Power of quarry owner to exclude matters from manager's control

(1) In the case of any quarry, there shall be excepted from the management and control vested in a manager thereof by the last foregoing section any matter responsibility for which is for the time being reserved to himself by the owner of the quarry by instrument in writing executed by him and lodged with the inspector for the district, and a manager of a quarry shall not, so far as regards any matter which, by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, is excepted from the management and control vested in him as aforesaid, be concerned to secure compliance with any requirement imposed with respect to the quarry by or by virtue of this Act.

(2) If the inspector for the district is of opinion that, in the case of a quarry, reservation to the owner thereof, by an instrument lodged with the inspector for the purposes of the foregoing subsection, of responsibility for any particular matter is, or might be, likely to prejudice the safety or health of persons employed at that quarry, the inspector may, by notice served on the owner, direct that the instrument shall, to the extent of the reservation, be of no effect.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be construed as authorising the divestment of, or as operating to divest, a manager of a quarry of any duty expressly imposed on him by or by virtue of the following provisions of this Act.