Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 63
(1) A temporary beacon consists of a post with a notice board fixed on it and held firmly in the ground.
(2) A post referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall
(a) not be less than one hundred centimetres long, five centimetres in diameter, if round, or twenty-five centimetres, if square;
(b) consist of one piece of material;
(c) stand in an upright position and the lower end shall be fixed into the ground to a depth of not less than ten centimetres; and
(d) project not less than 1 metre above the ground.
(3) A notice board referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall
(a) be composed of wood or metal and shall not be less than half of a metre square; and
(b) be securely fixed to the upper portion of the post.
(4) The holder of a mineral right shall ensure that
(a) the land to which the right relate is cleared of bush, brushwood and high grass within a distance of five metres from the location of the beacons and corner beacons and kept cleared throughout the duration of the mineral right concerned;
(b) inscriptions on any notice board within the mineral right area are distinctly and legibly marked; and
(c) the notice board of a temporary beacon bears the information required under these Regulations.
(5) The abbreviations in the brackets apply to the following words and may be used on notice boards:
(a) “prospecting licence” (P.L.),
(b) “reconnaissance licence” (R.L.),
(c) “mining lease” (M.L.),
(d) “location beacon” (L.B.)
(e) “direction beacon” (D.B.),
(f) “corner beacon” (C.B.),
(g) “boundary beacon” (B.B),
(h) “lower beacon” (Low. B.),
(i) “upper beacon” (U.B.), and
(J) “pegged” (P).
(6) Where a beacon by reason of its position appears to be common to contiguous title areas, that beacon may be reckoned as one beacon in respect of each of the areas, if there is information affixed to the post, as specified, in respect of each area.
(7) These Regulations shall not be construed in a manner that prevents a person authorised under these Regulations to erect a temporary beacon from erecting a permanent beacon in place of the temporary beacon.
(8) A person to whom a mineral right is transferred shall, as soon as possible after being given notice of the registration of the transfer, substitute that person's name for the name of the person who transferred the mineral right on beacons in the area covered by the mineral right to which the transfer relate.
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