Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)Regulation 22(1) Where an inspector has reasonable grounds to suspect that a mine or prospecting operation(a) is contravening any provision of these Regulations and that the contravention constitutes or is likely to constitute a hazard to any person or to the environment; or(b) has contravened any provision of these Regulations in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated and that this contravention constitutes or is likely to constitute a hazard to any person or to the environment; or(c) is using a practice which is dangerous and constitutes or is likely to constitute a hazard to any person or to the environment,the inspector may issue to the holder or manager of the mine or the prospecting operation a prohibition notice as set out in Form One of the First Schedule(2) The prohibition notice may require the holder or the Manager of the mine or prospecting operation to(a) stop work at the mine or prospecting site or any specified part of the mine;(b) refrain from doing any specified thing at or in relation to the mine or prospecting site;(c) remove persons from the mine or prospecting site or any specified part of the mine; or(d) take any or all of the steps specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), and the prohibition notice may provide either with or without conditions or restrictions for,(i) a specified work, practice or activity to be carried out or any specified thing to be done in the mine or prospecting site; or(ii) a specified person to be at the mine or prospecting site or the part concerned.(e) to take remedial action in relation to the matter or activity; and(f) comply with any requirements until the relevant matter or activity has been remedied or the hazard or the likelihood of hazard has been removed.(3) A prohibition notice shall(a) state the grounds for the prohibition notice which shall be reasonable;(b) specify the provisions of these Regulations which have been contravened;(c) specify the remedy required under sub-regulation (2); and(d) state the right of the holder or manager of the mine to have the notice reviewed in accordance with regulation 4.(4) A holder or manager of a mine who is issued with a prohibition notice and fails to comply with(a) the notice; or(b) any other requirement of the notice, is liable to pay to the Commission a penalty of not more than ten thousand United States dollars. |
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36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra |
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