Mines and Quarries Act 1954

103 Supervision by quarry managers

(1) No quarry of which there is a sole manager shall be worked unless close and effective supervision over all operations in progress thereat is exercised by the manager or, during any period during which he is absent on leave or is prevented from exercising such supervision by sickness or other cause beyond his control, by a person appointed by the owner of the quarry to exercise such supervision during any such period, and no quarry of which there are two or more managers shall be worked unless close and effective supervision is exercised by each manager or, during any such period as aforesaid, by a person appointed as aforesaid, over all operations in progress in every part of the quarry to which the jurisdiction of that manager extends:

Provided that nothing in the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall be construed as requiring the supervision thereby required to be exercised by a manager of a quarry to extend to any operation in so far as it involves matters which, by virtue of section one hundred of this Act, are excepted from the management and control vested in him by section ninety-nine thereof.

(2) A person appointed by the owner of a quarry as mentioned in the foregoing subsection shall, so far as regards any period during which he acts in exercise of his appointment, be treated for the purposes of this Act and regulations—

(a) where there is a sole manager of the quarry to which the appointment relates, in all respects as if he were sole manager thereof;

(b) where there are two or more managers of that quarry, in all respects as if he were the manager whose absence or inability to act is the occasion for his acting in exercise of his appointment;

but nothing in the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall be construed as divesting a manager of a quarry of any power, or relieving him from any duty or liability, conferred or imposed on him by or by virtue of this Act.