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Document ID (ISN)63622
CIS number 95-9
Year 1994
Convention or series no. S.I. 33 of 1994
Title Mines and Minerals (Safety, Health and Environmental) Regulations, 1994 [Belize]
Bibliographic information Government Printery, Belize, 1994. vi, 88p.
Abstract Regulations issued under the authority of the Mines and Minerals Act, 1988. They were gazetted on 30 Apr. 1994, Principal provisions concern: general provisions (including maximum hours and minimum age of employment, approvals, inspections, appointment of mine manager, supervision of workers, mine plans, elimination of hazards, worker training, safety and health committees, right to refuse dangerous work); environmental protection, reclamation and mine abandonment; safety in exploration; mine design and planning; machinery and equipment; electrical apparatus; buildings and structures; dumps, dams and lagoons; explosives; personnel safety and emergency preparedness; hoists and shafts; industrial hygiene; offences and penalties.
Descriptors (primary) mining and quarrying; Belize
Descriptors (secondary) machinery; right of refusal; law; electrical equipment
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceBelize
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Mining and quarrying