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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 133

Penalty for offences for which no express penalty is provided.

133.(1) A person guilty of an offence under [section 129(1) of] this Act ...
shall be liable

(a)if he is the owner of a mine, a person to whom instructions have been given
by the owner of a mine in pursuance of section 1, the manager of a mine, a
person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the
manager of a mine, an under-manager of a mine, a person who is for the time
being treated for the purposes of this Act as such an under-manager or the
surveyor for a mine, to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds; and

(b)if not, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds;

(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under [section 129(1) of]
this Act and the contravention in respect of which he was convicted is
continued after the conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence and
shall be liable, in addition to any other penalty, to a fine not exceeding
five pounds for each day on which the contravention is so continued.

(3) Where the court by which a person is convicted of any such offence as
aforesaid is satisfied that the contravention in respect of which he is
convicted

(a)was likely to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, a person
employed at the mine in relation to which the contravention occurred or a
dangerous accident; or

(b)was likely to endanger the safety of any such person;

Defence available to person charged with offence not committed personally.



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