Mine owners and agents bear financial responsibility for safety compliance and may be held liable for contraventions. Section 7 places joint and several responsibility on the owner and agent to provide financial and other measures to ensure compliance with the Code and related rules. It deems supervisory officials, the manager, the owner and agent, and persons appointed under section 24 guilty of contraventions by others unless they prove they exercised due diligence and took reasonable means to prevent the breach; mere appointment of managers or officials in accordance with the Code is not a defence.
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Mine owners and agents bear financial responsibility for safety compliance and may be held liable for contraventions.
Section 7 places joint and several responsibility on the owner and agent to provide financial and other measures to ensure compliance with the Code and related rules. It deems supervisory officials, the manager, the owner and agent, and persons appointed under section 24 guilty of contraventions by others unless they prove they exercised due diligence and took reasonable means to prevent the breach; mere appointment of managers or officials in accordance with the Code is not a defence.
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