Mines and Quarries Act, 1965

Height and width of travelling roads.

37.—(1) Every travelling road shall be of adequate height and width and, if its height or width appears to an inspector to be inadequate, he may serve on the manager of the mine a notice requiring any specified alteration to be made.

(2) (a) Every travelling road, made after the commencement of this subsection, which is used at the beginning or end of a shift by not less than ten persons for the purpose of walking to or from their working places, shall be not less than five feet six inches high throughout.

(b) An inspector may, by notice served on the manager of a mine, exempt any road from this requirement.

(3) The provisions of section 146 as to references upon notices served by inspectors shall apply to a notice served under subsection (1) of this section.