1) The Mining Regulation Advisory Committee must advise the Council on--
a) proposed changes to legislation to improve health and safety at mines;
b) proposals for changes to legislation made by any other committee of the Council;
c) guidelines for codes of practice; and
d) standards approved by the South African Bureau of Standards.
2) The Mining Occupational Health Advisory Committee must advise the Council on--
a) policy relating to health;
b) standards systems and procedures for assessing. avoiding, eliminating, controlling and minimising health risks;
c) regulations on any aspect of health;
d) health research; and
e) collecting, processing and distributing health data in the mining industry.
3) The Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee must advise the Council on--
a) criteria for determining the funding of health and safety research;
b) the need for research into health and safety at mines;
c) research projects, including priorities of projects, cost, assessment, ratification and execution;
d) communication and publication of research results; and
e) the management of the cost of the overall programme.
4) The Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee must prepare the overall programme for relevant health and safety research for the Council to consider. The programme must include--
a) a review of health and safety performance in the different mining sectors;
b) an evaluation of the research proposals made by the Council or a committee of the Council;
c) the focus of health and safety research and priorities for the different sectors of mining; and
d) an estimate of the cost of the programme.
5) [Subsection (5) deleted by s.20 of Act No. 72 of 1997].