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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 695<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364021,"identifier":"45.2-1107","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/1\/45.2-1107","url":"\/45.2-1107\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1107\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/1\/45.2-1107","dublin_core":{"Title":" Notifying miners of violations; compliance with Act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The operator and his agent shall cooperate with the mine foreman<\/span>, competent person, and other officials in the discharge of their duties as required by the Act. Such operator and agent shall direct all miners to comply with all provisions of the Act, especially when the attention of such operator or agent is called by the Director<\/span> or a mine inspector to any violation of the Act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The operator of any mine or his agent shall operate at all times in full conformity with the Act and any other mining law<\/span> of the Commonwealth, including any regulation of the Department<\/span>. This requirement shall not relieve any other person who is subject to the provisions of the Act from his duty to comply with the requirements of the Act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in the Act shall be construed to relieve an operator or his agent from the duty imposed at common law<\/span> to secure the reasonable safety of his employees. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> No operator, agent, competent person, or certified person shall knowingly permit any person to work in any part of a mine in violation of written instructions issued by a mine inspector pursuant to the Act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n NOTIFYING MINERS OF VIOLATIONS; COMPLIANCE WITH ACT (\u00a7 45.2-1107)\n\nA. The operator and his agent shall cooperate with the mine foreman, competent\nperson, and other officials in the discharge of their duties as required by the\nAct. Such operator and agent shall direct all miners to comply with all\nprovisions of the Act, especially when the attention of such operator or agent\nis called by the Director or a mine inspector to any violation of the Act.\n\nB. The operator of any mine or his agent shall operate at all times in full\nconformity with the Act and any other mining law of the Commonwealth, including\nany regulation of the Department. This requirement shall not relieve any other\nperson who is subject to the provisions of the Act from his duty to comply with\nthe requirements of the Act.\n\nC. Nothing in the Act shall be construed to relieve an operator or his agent\nfrom the duty imposed at common law to secure the reasonable safety of his\nemployees.\n\nD. No operator, agent, competent person, or certified person shall knowingly\npermit any person to work in any part of a mine in violation of written\ninstructions issued by a mine inspector pursuant to the Act.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:8; 1998, c. 695; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}