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Part IIIE+W+S Safety, Health and Welfare (Mines)

Provisions for securing safe Ingress and EgressE+W+S

[F122 Provision of shafts and outlets in coal, &c., mines.E+W+S

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, it shall not be lawful for any persons to be employed below ground in a mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay unless there are available, for affording to them alternative, and ready, means of ingress and egress, two shafts or outlets (whether belonging exclusively to that mine or not) which, except where they were sunk before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, are at no point separated from each other by less than [F215 metres] or (where the sinking thereof began before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight) ten feet.

(2)Where the employment of persons in an area consisting of the whole or any part of a mine below ground would, apart from the following provisions of this subsection be, by virtue of the foregoing subsection, unlawful in consequence of a shaft or outlet having, as a result of an accident or breakdown, become unavailable for affording to persons employed in that area ready means of ingress and egress, but the manager of the mine is satisfied with respect to that area or any part thereof that persons employed in that area or, as the case may be, that part thereof will not for the time being be exposed to undue risk by reason of that shaft or outlet being unavailable as aforesaid, then if he—

(a)posts in a conspicuous position at the mine a notice specifying the accident or breakdown and the said area and stating that he is satisfied as aforesaid with respect to that area or, as the case may be, that part thereof and the reason why he is so satisfied; and

(b)sends, by the quickest means available, to the inspector for the district and the person, if any, for the time being nominated under the provisions of [F3the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985]relating to the notification of accidents to receive on behalf of the persons employed at the mine notices under the said provisions, a message to the like effect as the notice mentioned in the foregoing paragraph;

there shall be excepted from the operation of the foregoing subsection—

(i)the employment in that area or, as the case may be, that part thereof, until the end of his period of work, of any person who was below ground in the mine at the time of the accident or breakdown;

(ii)the employment in that area or, as the case may be, that part thereof, until the expiration of the period of twenty-four hours beginning with the time at which the accident or breakdown occurred, of any person in work necessary for securing the safety of the mine or the welfare of animals employed therein or rendering that shaft or outlet again available for the purpose for which it was available immediately before the accident or breakdown:

Provided that nothing in paragraph (i) or (ii) of this subsection shall authorise the employment of any person at any time after the receipt by the manager of the mine of notification from an inspector that, in his opinion, that person should be withdrawn from the area or part of the area in question.

(3) . . . F4 an inspector, upon an application in that behalf made to him with respect to a mine, may, by notice served on the manager of the mine, exempt from the operation of subsection (1) of this section the employment of persons below ground in the mine or in such part of the mine below ground as may be specified in the notice:

Provided that no exemption shall be granted under this subsection by . . . F4 an inspector unless . . . F4 the inspector, . . . F4, is satisfied that no persons employed in the mine will be exposed to undue risk in consequence of the granting of the exemption.

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(5)In any claim against the owner or manager of a mine for damages, being a claim arising out of an accident caused by a decision of the manager made for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, the defendant shall, unless he proves that the manager was not negligent in making that decision, be liable in all respects as if the plaintiff had proved that the manager was negligent in making that decision.

(6)For the purposes of this section a shaft or unwalkable outlet at a mine provided with apparatus for carrying persons through the shaft or outlet shall be deemed not to be available to a person employed below ground in the mine for affording to him means of ingress and egress if that apparatus is not available for use by him.

(7)In the application of this section to Scotland, for references to a plaintiff and a defendant there shall respectively be substituted references to a pursuer and a defender.

(8)Nothing in this section shall apply to the employment of persons in a shaft or outlet or in the insets of a shaft or outlet.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 22–25, 33–35 repealed (1.4.1989, in part, and 1.4.1994, fully) by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1), 12(1)(a)

F2Words substituted by S.I. 1976/2063, reg. 3(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II except as to shafts sunk, or as the case may be, lengths of road made before 1.2.1977

F3Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1985/2023, reg. 13(1), Sch. 7 Pt. III para. 1(a)

F4Words omitted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 4

[F623 Communications between shafts and outlets in coal, &c., mines.E+W+S

(1)So long as, in a mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay, more than one shaft or outlet is available to any persons employed below ground in the mine for affording to them means of ingress and egress, there shall be provided and maintained between—

(a)each entrance to each shaft or outlet that is available to those persons for that purpose, being an entrance whereby those persons gain access to the shaft or outlet from the workings; and

(b)some point or points on another shaft or outlet so available;

a communication following a reasonably short and reasonably convenient route.

(2)The height of every communication provided in pursuance of the foregoing subsection shall be maintained throughout at not less than [F71.5 metres] and the width of every such communication shall be maintained throughout at not less than [F71.2 metres]:

Provided that—

(a) . . . F8

(b)if an inspector is satisfied that, owing to special circumstances affecting a particular mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay, it is inadvisable for reasons of safety or unnecessary, in the case of all or any of the communications provided as aforesaid therein, for the minimum height or width, or height and width, thereof to be as great as provided by the foregoing provisions of this subsection, he may, be notice served on the manager of the mine, direct that those provisions shall have effect in their application to those communications or to such of them as may be specified in the notice, with the substitution, for the minimum specified in the said provisions in relation to height, that so specified in relation to width or both of those minima, as the case may be, of such less minimum or minima as may be specified in the notice.]

Textual Amendments

F6Ss. 22–25, 33–35 repealed (1.4.1989, in part, and 1.4.1994, fully) by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1), 12(1)(a)

F7Words substituted by S.I. 1976/2063, Sch. Pt. I

[F924 Limitation on number of persons to be employed at coal, &c., mines in places with single exits.E+W+S

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, it shall not be lawful for more than nine persons to be employed at any time below ground in a mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay in a place from which there are not two ways each of which—

(a)leads to a different shaft or outlet, being a shaft or outlet provided for affording to persons employed at that place means of ingress and egress;

(b)is entirely separate from the other;

(c)is traversable with safety and reasonable convenience;

(d)at each junction thereof with another way has clearly marked on it the shaft or outlet to which it leads; and

(e)if it is so prescribed, is of a height or width, or height and width, not less than such as may be prescribed;

or for more than nine persons in the aggregate to be so employed in two or more such places from none of which can egress to the surface be had otherwise than by traversing a common junction.

(2)As respects a particular mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay, provision may be made by regulations or by a notice served by . . . F10 an inspector on the manager of the mine—

(a)for exempting the mine or any specified place therein from all or any of the requirements of the foregoing subsection;

(b)for directing that the foregoing subsection shall, in its application to the mine or to any specified place therein, have effect with the substitution, for references to nine persons, of references to such greater number of persons (not exceeding thirty) as may be specified in the regulations or notice:

Provided that no such provision as aforesaid shall be made with respect to a mine by . . . F10 an inspector unless . . . F10 the inspector, . . . F10, is satisfied that no persons employed in the mine will be exposed to undue risk or inconvenience in consequence of the making of such provision.

(3)Nothing in this section shall apply to the employment of persons in a shaft or outlet.]

Textual Amendments

F9Ss. 22–25, 33–35 repealed (1.4.1989, in part, and 1.4.1994, fully) by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1), 12(1)(a)

F10Words omitted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 4

[F1125 Limitation on number of persons to be employed at coal, &c., mines in shafts and outlets and their insets.E+W+S

(1)It shall not be lawful for a number of persons greater than the permitted number to be employed at any time at a mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay in a shaft or outlet:

Provided that, in relation to an outlet (not being an unwalkable outlet), this subsection shall not apply to any part thereof lying between the surface entrance thereto and any point therein from which a communication leads to another outlet or to a shaft, being an outlet or shaft available to persons employed in the said part for affording to them means of ingress and egress.

(2)For the purposes of this section—

(a)the permitted number, in relation to a shaft or outlet, shall be twenty or such greater number (not exceeding thirty) as may be determined by an inspector by notice served on the manager of the mine;

(b)the insets of a shaft or outlet shall be deemed to form part of the shaft or outlet; and

(c)subsection (6) of section twenty-two of this Act shall apply as it applies for the purposes of that section.

(3)Nothing in this section shall be construed as prejudicing the operation of the last foregoing section in relation to the employment of persons in individual insets of a shaft or outlet.]

Textual Amendments

F11Ss. 22–25, 33–35 repealed (1.4.1989, in part, and 1.4.1994, fully) by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1), 12(1)(a)

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F1428 Provision of winding and haulage apparatus.E+W+S

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Safety Precautions in connection with Shafts, &c., and Entrances to disused WorkingsE+W+S

F1630 Securing of shafts and staple-pits.E+W+S

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31 Safety precautions with respect to entrances to shafts, staple-pits and outlets.E+W+S

F17(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F17(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

F17(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F17(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F17S. 31(1)(2)(4)(5) repealed (1.4.1993 except in so far as the amending regulations apply to mines of tin or tin ore and 1.1.1996 in so far as they do apply to mines of tin or tin ore), by 1993/302, regs. 1, 22(1), Sch. 1.

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[F2033 Safety precautions with respect to entrances to unfit parts of mines.E+W+S

(1)Every entrance from a road in a mine to a part of the mine which for the time being is not maintained in a state fit for persons to work in or pass through shall be provided with an efficient enclosure or barrier so designed and constructed as to prevent any person from accidentally entering that part of the mine.

(2)Every enclosure or barrier provided in a mine in pursuance of the foregoing subsection shall be properly maintained and, where an enclosure or barrier so provided or any part thereof is removable or openable, the enclosure, barrier or part shall be kept securely in position or, as the case may be, securely closed save in so far as its removal or opening is authorised by the manager of the mine, an under-manager thereof or the person for the time being in charge of the part of the mine in which it is provided.]

Textual Amendments

F20Ss. 22–25, 33–35 repealed (1.4.1989, in part, and 1.4.1994, fully) by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1), 12(1)(a)

[F21 RoadsE+W+S

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F21Ss. 22–25, 33–35 repealed (1.4.1989, in part, and 1.4.1994, fully) by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1), 12(1)(a)

34 General provisions with respect to construction and maintenance of roads.E+W+S

(1)It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to take, with respect to every length of road therein, being a length in which vehicles or conveyors run or which is used at the beginning or end of a shift by not less than ten persons for the purpose of walking to or from their working places in the mine, such steps as may be necessary to secure that the following provisions are complied with, namely,—

(a)every such length of road made after the commencement of this Act shall be so made and maintained as to avoid sudden changes of direction, height, width and gradient save in so far as either—

(i)the system of working the mine or the natural conditions of the strata therein render it inadvisable for reasons of safety to do so; or

(ii)it is unnecessary to do so;

(b)every such length of road (whether made before or after the commencement of this Act) shall be kept free from obstructions and the floor thereof shall be kept in good repair and in such a condition that any persons or animals who use that length of road can tread it with safety and reasonable convenience.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

(3)References in this section to changes of gradient shall be construed as including references to deviations (whether upwards or downwards) from the horizontal.]

Textual Amendments

[F2335 Height and width of travelling roads.E+W+S

(1)Every length of road in a mine which is used at the beginning or end of a shift by not less than ten persons for the purpose of walking to or from their working places in the mine, being a length made after the commencement of this Act, shall be not less than [F241.7 metres] high throughout:

Provided that—

(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25

(b)an inspector may, by notice served on the manager of a particular mine, exempt from those provisions any such length of road as aforesaid in that mine or any part of any such length of road.

(2)—(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26]

Textual Amendments

F23Ss. 22–25, 33–35 repealed (1.4.1989, in part, and 1.4.1994, fully) by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1), 12(1)(a)

F24Words substituted by S.I. 1976/2063, reg. 3(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II except as to shafts sunk, or as the case may be, lengths of road made before 1.2.1977

F2736 Prohibition of use of vehicles and conveyors in roads not affording free movement.E+W+S

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F2837 Transport rules.E+W+S

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F3039 Provisions for securing safety of foot-passengers in transport roads.E+W+S

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F3040 Provision of refuge holes.E+W+S

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F3041 Safety measures relating to use of vehicles.E+W+S

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Provisions for securing safe operation of Winding and Rope Haulage Apparatus and ConveyorsE+W+S

F3042 Charge of winding and rope haulage apparatus when persons are carried.E+W+S

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F3043 Charge of winding and rope haulage apparatus when persons are not carried.E+W+S

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F3044 Charge of conveyors at working faces.E+W+S

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F3045 Signalling in shafts and outlets.E+W+S

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F3046 Signalling in roads.E+W+S

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SupportE+W+S

F3248. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

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F32S. 48 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)

F3349. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

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F33S. 49 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)

50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34E+W+S

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F3551. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

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F35S. 51 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)

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F36S. 52 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)

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F37S. 53 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)

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F38S. 54 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)

VentilationE+W+S

F3955 Duty to provide adequate ventilation.E+W+S

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F4056 Avoidance of danger from gas in waste.E+W+S

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57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41E+W+S

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F4258 Provisions as to means of ventilation.E+W+S

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F4359 Prevention of leakage of air between airways.E+W+S

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F4460. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

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F44S. 60 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt.I.

Lighting, Lamps and ContrabandE+W+S

F4561 Lighting.E+W+S

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F4662 Permitted lights.E+W+S

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F4864 Prohibition of taking into mines safety-lamps not provided by owner or of approved type.E+W+S

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F4865 Offences relating to safety-lamps.E+W+S

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F4866 Prohibition of possession of smoking materials in certain mines and parts of mines.E+W+S

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F4867 Prohibition of taking into certain mines and parts of mines of articles producing flames or sparks.E+W+S

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(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50

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Blasting Materials and DevicesE+W+S

F5169 Blasting materials and devices.E+W+S

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Fire Precautions and Provisions as to RescueE+W+S

[F5270 Fire precautions in case of workings served by single intake airway.E+W+S

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, it shall not be lawful for more than one hundred persons to be employed below ground in a mine of coal in circumstances in which, if there were a fire in any length of intake airway through which the air supply to all of those persons passes, none of them would be able to withdraw from the mine without either passing through the fire or following a way out to the surface in which, or in any part of which, the air would or might become so contaminated by the products of combustion generated by the fire as to prejudice seriously the possibility of the withdrawal of persons through it in safety, unless—

(a)that length of intake airway and everything with which it is equipped are so constructed or treated, and so maintained and used, that that length of airway is, so far as can be reasonably foreseen, free from the risk that any fire that might break out therein would so develop as to prevent or endanger the withdrawal from the mine of those persons; or

(b)means are provided for securing that, in the event of a fire in that length of intake airway, those persons will be able to withdraw in safety.

In computing, for the purposes of this subsection, the number of persons employed in such circumstances as aforesaid, a person going to or from his working place at the beginning or end of his shift shall, unless it is otherwise prescribed (either generally or in relation to any particular circumstances), be left out of account.

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(3)Regulations may provide for exempting from the provisions of subsection (1) of this section any prescribed class of mines of coal and an inspector may, by notice served on the manager of a particular mine of coal, exempt the mine or any part thereof from those provisions.

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Textual Amendments

F52S. 70 repealed (1.4.1989, in part, and 1.4.1994, fully) by S.I. 1988/1729, reg. 12(1)(b)

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72 Fire-fighting and rescue operations. E+W+S

Regulations may require the making of such provision as may be prescribed for all or any of the following purposes, namely, the prevention, detection and combating of outbreaks of fire at, and spontaneous heating occurring in, mines and the securing of the efficient conduct (as well in an atmosphere dangerous to life as in an atmosphere not dangerous to life) of such operations for the rescue of persons as it may be necessary to conduct at mines in consequence of the occurrence thereat of outbreaks of fire, explosions or other accidents of whatsoever kind, and in particular, but without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section, regulations may make provision

(a)for the establishment and maintenance at mines of such organisations of persons as may be necessary for any of the purposes aforesaid and the provision and maintenance at mines of suitable and sufficient apparatus for any of those purposes, and, in particular, the provision at mines of adequate supplies of water for use in case of fire;

(b)for requiring owners of mines to provide and maintain stations (hereafter in this Act referred to as “central rescue stations”) for the purpose of providing facilities common to a number of mines for the conduct of such operations as aforesaid, and for the establishment and maintenance at such stations of such organisations of persons as may be necessary for the purpose of conducting such operations and the provision and maintenance thereat of suitable and sufficient apparatus for that purpose; and

(c)for securing the efficient training of the members of any organisation of persons maintained in pursuance of the regulations.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 72 repealed except so far as it assigns a meaning to “central rescue stations” by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F5573 Means of escape from rooms in which there is special risk of fire, &c.E+W+S

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Dust PrecautionsE+W+S

F5674 Dust precautions.E+W+S

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Precautions against external Dangers to WorkingsE+W+S

75—77.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F57E+W+S

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Duties of Officials and Workmen in Cases of DangerE+W+S

F5979 Withdrawal of workmen in cases of danger.E+W+S

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[F6080 Duty of workmen to deal with, or report, danger.E+W+S

If it appears to a person employed at a mine (not being an official of the mine) that a danger affecting the mine or a part thereof has arisen or is about to arise, he shall—

(a)if the taking of measures to render the mine or part safe after that danger has arisen or to prevent that danger from arising, as the case may be, falls within the scope of his normal duties, forthwith take those measures; and

(b)if not, forthwith report the matter to an official of the mine.]

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F60S. 80 repealed (1.10.1993) except for the purposes of s. 115 of this Act, by S.I. 1993/1897, regs. 1, 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.

Machinery and ApparatusE+W+S

81 Construction, maintenance, &c., of machinery and apparatus.E+W+S

F61(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F62

Textual Amendments

F61S. 81(1) repealed (1.1.1993 partly and 1.1.1997 wholly) by S.I. 1992/2932, regs. 1(2)(3), 2, 27(1), Sch. 2 Pt.I (with reg. 27(2)).

F62Ss. 81(2), 84(2), 91(2), 92, 96, 104, 106, 112(3), 114, 129, 138, 141(1)—(4), 142, 144, 145 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F6382. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F63S. 82 repealed (1.1.1993 partly and 1.1.1997 wholly) by S.I. 1991/2932, regs. 1(2)(3), 2, 27(1), Sch. 2 Pt.I (with reg. 27(2)).

F6483 Restrictions on use below ground of certain engines, &c.E+W+S

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F6584 Air, gas and steam containers.E+W+S

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Textual Amendments

F6685. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

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F66S. 85 repealed (5.12.1998) by S.I. 1998/2307, reg. 16

Buildings, Structures, Means of Access, &c.E+W+S

F6786 Buildings and structures to be kept safe.E+W+S

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F6887 Safe means of access and safe means of employment.E+W+S

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Training and DisciplineE+W+S

[F6988 Restriction on doing of work by unskilled persons.E+W+S

It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure that no person is employed thereat in any work otherwise than under the instruction and supervision of some person competent to give instruction in, and supervise, the doing of that work, unless the first-mentioned person has received adequate instruction in, and (where necessary) training for, the doing of that work and is competent to do it without supervision.]

Textual Amendments

F69S. 88 repealed (1.10.1993) except for the purposes of s. 115 of this Act, by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.

[F7089 Penalization of failure to observe safety directions, &c. E+W+S

A person employed at a mine who contravenes—

(a)any transport or support [F71or tipping] rules having effect with respect to the mine; or

(b)any directions given to him by or on behalf of the owner or manager of the mine or any rule made by the manager of the mine for regulating the conduct either of all persons employed thereat or any class of persons so employed to which that person belongs, being directions given, or a rule made, for the purpose of securing compliance with this Act, orders made thereunder or regulations or any transport or support [F71or tipping] rules having effect with respect to the mine or of securing the safety or health of that person or any other person employed at the mine;

shall be guilty of an offence.]

Textual Amendments

F70S. 89 repealed (1.10.1993) except for the purposes of s. 115 of this Act, by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

[F7290 Penalization of negligent acts or omissions and unauthorised removal, &c.,ofarticles.E+W+S

(1)A person who negligently or wilfully does at a mine anything likely to endanger the safety of the mine or the safety or health of persons thereat or negligently or wilfully omits to do at a mine anything necessary for securing the safety of the mine or the safety or health of persons thereat shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)A person (not being an official of the mine) who, without permission granted by such an official, removes, alters or tampers with anything provided at a mine for the purpose of securing the safety or health of persons employed thereat shall be guilty of an offence.]

Textual Amendments

F72S. 90 repealed (1.10.1993) except for the purposes of s. 115 of this Act, by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt.I.

First AidE+W+S

F7391. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F73S. 91 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.

Medical Examinations and Prohibition of Heavy WorkE+W+S

92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F74E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F74Ss. 81(2), 84(2), 91(2), 92, 96, 104, 106, 112(3), 114, 129, 138, 141(1)—(4), 142, 144, 145 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F7593. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F75S. 93 repealed (1. 1. 1993) by S.I. 1992/2793, reg. 8(1), Sch. 2 Pt.I.

General Welfare ProvisionsE+W+S

F7694 Sanitary conveniences.E+W+S

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F7795 Measures against vermin and insects.E+W+S

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Textual Amendments

96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F78E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F78Ss. 81(2), 84(2), 91(2), 92, 96, 104, 106, 112(3), 114, 129, 138, 141(1)—(4), 142, 144, 145 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F7997 Supply of drinking water.E+W+S

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