MINES AND QUARRIES (CONTROL OF BUILDINGS, ETC.) ACT

Section 1: Control of building or other structure used in connection with mines or quarries.

1970Section 1 of 2Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1)
As from the commencement of this Act, any building or other structure used only in or in conjunction with the extraction of minerals from a mine or quarry shall be deemed not to be a factory for the purposes of the Factories Act and such building or other structure shall be subject to the direction and control of the Chief Inspector of Mines; and the Factories Act shall have effect as hereby amended.
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(2)
In this section, unless the context otherwise requires-
"mine" has the like meaning as is assigned thereto by section 259 of the Minerals and Mining Act;
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"quarry" has the like meaning as in section 232 of the Minerals and Mining Act.

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Section 1, MINES AND QUARRIES (CONTROL OF BUILDINGS, ETC.) ACT (1970).

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