No municipality or other governmental subdivision shall have the power to make any ordinance, by-law or resolution providing for safety to workers in the mining industry or providing for protection of property that does not comply with the standards herein established by this act, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner hereunder. Nothing in this act shall, however, limit the right of any municipality or other governmental subdivision to make inspections of mining operations.

L.1954, c. 197, p. 743, s. 10.