Section 3. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,

3. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (a) "agent," when used in relation to a mine, means any person appointed as the representative of the owner in respect of the management of the mine or of any part thereof, and as such superior to a manager under this Act: (b) "child" means a person under the age of twelve years: (c) a person is said to be "employed" in a mine who works, under appointment by or with the knowledge of the manager, whether for wages or not, in any mining operation, 1901.] 126 Mines. [ACT VIII (Preliminary.—Section 3.) operation, or in cleaning or oiling any part of any machinery used in or at the mine, or in any other kind of work whatsoever incidental to, or connected with, mining operations: (d) "mine" includes every shaft in the course of being sunk, and every level and inclined plane in the course of being driven for commencing or opening any mine or for searching for or proving minerals, and all the shafts, levels, planes, works, machinery, tramways and sidings, both below ground and above ground, in and adjacent to and belonging to the mine; but it does not include any pit, quarry or other excavation the depth of no part of which measured from the level of the adjacent ground exceeds twenty feet and no part of which extends beneath the superjacent ground: (e) "owner," when used in relation to a mine, means any person who is the immediate proprietor or lessee or occupier of the mine or of any part thereof, and does not include a person who merely receives a royalty, rent or fine from the mine, or is merely the proprietor of the mine subject to any lease, grant or license for the working thereof, or is merely the owner of the soil, and not interested in the minerals of the mine; but any contractor for the working of a mine or any part thereof shall be subject to this Act in like manner as if he were an owner, but not so as to exempt the owner from any liability: (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act: and (g) "shaft" includes pit. Inspectors. 1901.] Mines. 127 (Inspectors.—Sections 4-5.) Inspectors.