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34. Nothing in these regulations shall be taken to authorise the use of any locomotive below ground without the consent of the Minister or an inspector.
35. The Chief Inspector of Mines, if he is satisfied that the application of any provision of these regulations (other than a provision in relation to which an express power of exemption is contained in these regulations) is not requisite for safety in relation to any mine or part thereof, may by notice served on the manager of that mine exempt it or a part thereof from the application of that provision.
36.—(1) In these regulations the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—
“the Act” means
“appointed driver”
“charging station”
“deputy” and “deputy's district”
“filling station”
“firedamp content”
“housing station”
“locomotive” means
“mine”
“storage battery locomotive”
(2) Expressions to which meanings are assigned by the Act or by these regulations shall (unless the contrary intention appears) have the same meanings in any document issued under the provisions of these regulations.
(3) The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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