Section 3101. Repeals.
(a) Absolute.--The following acts or parts of acts are repealed absolutely:
(1) The act of June 30, 1947 (P.L.1177, No.490), known as The Coal Mine Sealing Act of 1947.
(2) The act of July 17, 1961 (P.L.659, No.339), known as the Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Act.
(b) Inconsistent.--The following acts and parts of acts are repealed to the extent they apply to bituminous coal mines:
(1) The act of May 9, 1889 (P.L.154, No.171), entitled "An act to provide for the recovery of the bodies of workmen enclosed, buried or entombed in coal mines."
(2) The act of June 3, 1943 (P.L.848, No.357), entitled "An act providing that every mine foreman, assistant mine foreman and fire boss, under the Bituminous Mining Laws and the Anthracite Mining Laws of the Commonwealth, represents and is an officer of the Commonwealth in the mine in which employed, for the suspension or cancellation of the certificates of such officials as shall hold same, and for the disqualification of such as are uncertificated by the Secretary of Mines after or prior to hearing, for failure or refusal to perform his respective duties; defining the procedure in such hearing and the powers of the Secretary of Mines, with respect thereto, and providing for a review of his decisions by courts of common pleas and the Superior Court; providing for re-examination by the examining board of any person whose certificate has been cancelled, and for reinstatement of such as are uncertificated; and prohibiting the employment by any operator in such capacity of any mine foreman, assistant mine foreman or fire boss not possessing the requisite certificate or whose certificate is suspended or who has been disqualified."
(3) The act of December 22, 1959 (P.L.1994, No.729), entitled "An act prohibiting mining in certain areas without prior approval by the Department of Mines and Mineral Industries; establishing standards for the approval of plans for mining in such areas; imposing powers and duties on the mine foremen and the Department of Mines and Mineral Industries; and providing penalties."
(4) The act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.931, No.178), referred to as the Coal Mine Emergency Medical Personnel Law.