Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934

Application to men being trained or engaged in rescue work in mines.

65.—(1) When provision has been made in pursuance of regulations under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, or under any order which has effect as if made under that Act, for the formation or training of a rescue brigade, any accident caused to a workman employed in or about a mine to which that Act applies, who is with the consent of his employer being trained as a member of the rescue brigade, and arising out of and in the course of his training, shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment in the mine.

(2) Any workman engaged in any rescue work or ambulance work at any such mine shall for the purposes of this Act, be deemed while so engaged to be employed by the owner of the mine, as defined by the Coal Mines Act, 1911.