PART XIIIApplication of Act

174Mines and Quarries

(1)

In section one hundred and eighty-four of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954 (which relates to premises forming part of a mine or quarry which, but for that fact, would be factories or premises treated in some respect as if they were factories) the words " the Factories Act, 1961" shall be substituted for the words " the Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 " , wherever they occur, and for the words " the Factories Act, 1937 " in subsection (7); and for subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(5)

References in subsections (1) to (4) of this section to provisions of the Factories Act, 1961, shall be construed as exclusive of references to section one hundred and twenty-seven (which applies other provisions of that Act to building operations and works of engineering construction) and to the other provisions of that Act in so far as, by virtue of that section, they are applicable to such operations or works; but the said section shall not apply—

(a)

to any building operations undertaken below ground in a mine ; or

(b)

to any works of engineering construction undertaken at a mine (whether above or below ground) or at a quarry”.

(2)

The Minister may make arrangements with the Minister of Power, with respect to any premises or place in or adjacent to a quarry or mine, for the exercise and performance by the Minister of Power of any of the powers and duties of the Minister under this Act and for the exercise and performance by the Minister of any of the powers and duties of the Minister of Power relating to quarries and mines, and it shall be lawful for the Minister of Power and his officers and the Minister and his officers respectively to exercise and perform the said powers and duties in accordance with the arrangements.