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Articles 1 and 17 of the Convention. With regard to the application of the Convention in mines, the Committee has taken note of the texts of the Mining Regulations, 1970, the Mining (Amendment) Regulations, 1971, the Explosives Regulations, 1970, and the Explosives (Amendment) Regulations, 1971, supplied by the Government.

In earlier comments, the Committee noted that measures had yet to be adopted to give effect to the Convention in agriculture, forestry, road and rail transport and shipping.

The Committee notes from the Government's latest report that the Government will now undertake consultations with the ministries and the sectors concerned in order to obtain their views, after which the Tripartite National Advisory Committee on Labour will consider the matter. Since this matter has been the subject of comments for a number of years and assurances were given by the Government on many occasions, the Committee hopes that the necessary action will at last be taken to ensure the guarding of machinery in the sectors concerned and that the Government will soon report concrete progress towards the adoption of the statutory instruments required. [The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1990.]