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Updated MCOP: Prevention, Mitigation and Management of COVID-19 Outbreak
Mine Health and Safety Act: Mandatory Codes of Practice Register
New/Updated MCOP's Section 9 of the Mine Health and Safety Act, 29 of 1996, stipulates that where a Guideline for a Mandatory Code of Practice (MCOP) is published, the Employer has a duty to draft a corresponding Code of Practice. While the below table illustrates a...
COVID 19 Legislation Register – Updated 24-04-2020
UPDATED This register contains the legal references for managing the COVID 19 pandemic insofar as it impacts on Health and Safety Liability. As such, it has application in operations governed under both the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Mine Health and...
COVID 19 Legislation Register
This register contains the legal references for managing the COVID 19 pandemic insofar as it impacts on Health and Safety Liability. As such, it has application in operations governed under both the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Mine Health and Safety...
Health and Safety Legal Update – January 2020
January sees 3 new MHSA Mandatory Codes of Practice Guidelines and 2 Guidance notes published by the DMR. In addition, the Occupational Health and Safety Act sees the long awaited Ergonomics Regulations come into power. DescriptionMine Health and Safety Act, 29 of...
Health and Safety legal Update: August 2017
Description Mine Health and Safety Act 29 of 1996, Regulations, Chapter 8, Machinery and Equipment. Government Gazette GG 41065 , GNR 894 Type Regulation Notice Date published 25 August 2017 Effective date 25 August 2017 OHS Act Sites MHS Sites X ...
Health and Safety Legal Update: February 2017
Description Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 Government Gazette GG 40612, GN 117 Type Notice Date published 10 February 2017 Effective date 10 February 2017 OHS Act Sites X MHS Sites X The Compensation Commissioner has...
Health and Safety Legal Update: January 2017
Description Health Professions Act, 1974, Regulations Government Gazette GG 40577, GNR 49 Type Regulation Notice Date published 27 January 2017 Effective date 27 January 2017 OHS Act Sites X MHS Sites X Minister Aaron Motsoeledi has published new...
Health and Safety Legal Update: November 2016
Health and Safety Law update: November 2016 Comments: The main point of interest insofar as Health and Safety legal issues for the month under review is two issues relating to MCOP’s under the MHSA as well as draft Regulations under the OHSA dealing with...
Legal update flash: Mandatory Codes of Practice – Prevention of Fires at Mines
-MHSA LEGISLATION UPDATE- Please note that the Chief Inspector of the Department of Mineral Resources has published a new Guideline for a Mandatory Code of Practice (MCOP) in terms of Section 9 of the Mine Health and Safety Act. By publishing the Guideline on...