7AMeaning of “mine operator”

7A Meaning of “mine operator”

7A Meaning of “mine operator”

(1) In this Act—

mine operator of a mine means—

(a) the mine holder, or

(b) if the mine holder has appointed, in accordance with the regulations, another person to be the mine operator, that other person.

(2) The regulations may provide for the appointment of more than one mine operator for a mine (so that there are different mine operators for different parts of a mine) and for that purpose—

(a) a reference in this Act or the regulations to the mine operator of a mine includes a reference to the mine operator of part of a mine, and

(b) the functions of a mine operator of a mine are, in the case of a mine operator of part of a mine, functions in respect of that part of the mine.

(3) The regulations may provide for the appointment of one person as the mine operator for more than one mine. In such a case all of the relevant mines are, for the purposes of this Act, to be treated as one mine.

s 7A: Ins 2014 No 71, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2015 No 43, Sch 1 [11].