Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical Regulations) L.I. 2182
Regulation 555—(1) A person who takes intoxicating liquor or psychotropic drugs into the workings of a mine or to any place of work in the mine commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than five hundred penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not more than three years or to both.
(2) Where the manager of a mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence to a mine suspects that a person working in the mine is intoxicated or in a condition which is likely to render that person incapable of taking due care in the discharge of the duties of that person, the manager or holder shall not permit that person to enter the mine or to be in proximity to a working place or near to a machinery in motion in the mine.
(3) A person shall not work or enter a mine if that person is
(a) under the influence of a drug unless the drug has been prescribed by a medical practitioner or the drug is generally available for legal use; or
(b) under the influence of a drug which is prescribed by a medical practitioner or which is generally available for legal use but the use of that drug could impair the ability of that person to work safely in the mine.
(4) A person who enters a mine under the influence of drugs commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than five hundred penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not more than three years or to both.
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