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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 111

Supplemental.

111.(1) This Part (except section 106(1)), and any regulations made under this
Part, shall not apply to persons holding responsible positions of management
or to persons (other than those who are not possessed of such qualifications
as may be prescribed) who are acting as assistants to persons holding such
positions or to persons engaged in clerical work above ground, being in each
case persons who are not ordinarily engaged in manual work, to persons
employed in, or in connection with, the sale or supply of meals or
refreshments or to persons employed for the purposes of the treatment of the
sick or injured.

(2) Except as is provided in subsection (3), the provisions of this Part and
any regulations made thereunder shall be in addition to, and not in derogation
of, the provisions of any other Act restricting the employment of women and
young persons.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision of the
Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act 1920 but without prejudice
to any order made under section 106(3), regulations made under section 109 may
permit the employment of a male young person who has attained the age of
sixteen years at a mine (other than of coal) at a time later than ten o'clock,
but not later than eleven o'clock, in the evening; and, for the purposes of
the said Act of 1920 and any such regulations so far as they relate to the
matters mentioned in section 109(b), a male young person who is employed below
ground on a shift in a mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay
shall be deemed to leave the surface at the same time as the last workman on
that shift and to return to the surface at the same time as the first workman
on that shift.

Form of official books and preservation and inspection of entries therein.

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