sentences:  The court was to sit with assessors when determining appeals or when considering an objection by the chief inspector of coal mines to the appointment of a plant manager of a coal mine.Appeals to the court were available against certain decisions of the Minister for Mineral Resources.In other cases, the court was to sit alone, although in the case of an inquiry into a mining accident, the court could be assisted by a barrister or a solicitor, usually called “counsel assisting”.