Mineral Development Act 1994 · s 41

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s 41Offences in relation to protection of abandoned shafts, etc.

(1)

Any person who wilfully damages any shaft, level, drive or excavation which has been abandoned or renders it useless by the removal of any timber, fencing, casing, lining, ladder, platform or other appliance provided in or about the same or removes any part of the mound or dump at the mouth of any shaft so as to lessen or destroy its usefulness in protecting persons or animals from falling into such shaft shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

The court may order any person convicted of an offence under this section to repair or replace at his own expense any such timber, fencing, casing, lining, ladder, platform, appliance, mound or dump which has been damaged or removed.