(1) It shall be the duty of every person in charge of and responsible to the mine including the owner, agent, manager, engineer and installation manager and Engineer of mine and oil-field to comply with and enforce the regulations and it shall be the duty of all persons employed to conduct their work in accordance with the regulations:
Provided that in case of power stations, transformer substations, converter substations, rectifier substations and accumulator, storage stations for supplying electricity to solely and mainly for the purpose of working of the mine or number of mines and which do not fall in the precincts of a mine, Engineer holding a degree in electrical engineering from university with adequate experience may be appointed as manager of that installations.
Explanation. – For the purposes of this regulation, the word “Engineer” shall, –
(i) in the case of a coal mine, have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Coal Mines Regulations, 2017;
(ii) in the case of a metalliferous mine, have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961, as amended from time to time; and
(iii) in the case of an oil-field, means the Installation Manager‟ under the Oil Mines Regulations, 2017.