Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 299
(1) A manager of a cyanide installation shall ensure that the installation is protected in a manner that does not expose the public, operating personnel and the environment to cyanide or cyanide reaction products as a result of unauthorised or unlawful removal of cyanide acts of sabotage.
(2) A transporter of cyanide and the manager of a gold processing plant shall ensure that
(a) except in the case of an emergency, off-loading of cyanide is conducted at an approved off-loading site;
(b) unauthorised access to cyanide and the off-loading and storage facility is prevented.
(3) A manager of a gold processing plant that uses cyanide shall
(a) ensure that the storage facility for cyanide is situated on the premises of the gold processing plant;
(b) provide a fence and lockable gate to protect off-loading and storage facilities; and
(c) ensure that critical valves and infrastructure are intact and locked and that the keys are controlled through a key register.
(4) A person who is not a competent person or who is not under the immediate supervision of a competent person shall not handle or move, or cause or permit any other person to handle or move cyanide, unless the cyanide is in a closed airtight and watertight container.
(5) A person may remove or transfer cyanide from a gold processing plant
(a) only if that person is authorised by the manager of the processing plant; and
(b) only after a risk assessment has been performed.
(6) The manager of a gold processing plant shall prepare for the processing plant an emergency response plan which shall cover the response to and communication regarding any possible theft of cyanide and possible exposure of the public and the environment to the cyanide whether at or in transit to a gold processing plant.
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