Labour Act · s 78

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s 78Restriction on employment of females and young persons underground

(1)

No young person under the age of 16 years shall be employed on underground work in any mine.

(2)

No female shall be employed on underground work in any mine except in the following circumstances —

(a)

a woman holding a position of management who does not perform manual work;

(b)

a woman engaged in health or welfare services;

(c)

a woman who in the course of her studies spends a period of training in the underground parts of a mine; or

(d)

a woman who may for any other reason have to enter the underground parts of a mine for the purpose of non-manual occupation.