No. R. 4, 1997

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT, 1996 (ACT No. 29 OF 1996): COMMENCEMENT

Under section 106 of the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996), I hereby determine 15 January 1997 as the date on which the said Act shall come into operation with the exception of sections 86 (2) and (3) which shall come into operation on 15 January 1998.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Johannesburg on the Fourteenth day of January, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-seven.

N. R. MANDELA
President

By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:

P. M. MADUNA
Minister of the Cabinet