(1)Without prejudice to subsection (2), the first-class and second-class certificates of competency referred to in the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be granted by[F1 the Executive] on the recommendation of the Mining Qualifications Board constituted under section 148 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 [1954 c.70.] .
(2)Where application is made to[F1 the Executive] for a first-class or, as the case may be, a second-class certificate by a person who satisfies[F1 the Executive] that he is the holder of such a certificate granted under section 147 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 or any enactment repealed by that Act,[F1 the Executive] may grant the certificate applied for without referring the application to the Mining Qualifications Board.
(3)There shall be payable to[F1 the Executive] by persons who seek the grant of certificates under subsection (1) or subsection (2) such fees as may be determined by the Ministry with the approval of the Ministry of Finance.
(4)If any certificate granted by[F1 the Executive] under this section is defaced, lost or destroyed,[F1 the Executive] may, on payment of such fee, if any, as the Ministry may, with the approval of the Ministry of Finance, determine and on such terms as to evidence as[F1 the Executive] thinks fit (and, in a case in which the certificate is defaced, on the surrender thereof) issue a duplicate of the certificate.
F1SR 1999/150