| Guvnor

Enforced by: HSE, Mining Remediation Authority
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)

What it defines

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Part 1

General Duties of Mine and Quarry Owners

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1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 General duties of mine and quarry owners.

Part 2

Management and Control (Mines)

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s.002 Appointment, and general duties and powers, of mine managers.

s.003 Rights of mine manager with respect to instructions given by or on behalf of owner.

s.004 Qualifications of mine managers.

s.005 Limitation on number of mines which a person may manage.

s.006 Under-managers.

s.007 Temporary appointments during vacancy in office of mine manager or under-manager.

s.008 Daily supervision by mine managers and under-managers.

s.009 Charge of mine when neither manager nor under-manager nor substitute is present.

s.010 Duties of mine managers with respect to reading of reports, &c.

s.011 Surveyors.

s.012 Deputies.

s.013 Other officials, engineers, technicians, &c.

s.014 Duty of mine manager to ensure that persons appointed by him understand their duties.

s.015 Notification to district inspector of appointments by mine owners.

s.016 Disqualification of contractors and their employees for appointment as managers, &c., of mines.

s.017 Keeping of plans.

s.018 Furnishing of documents and information requisite for preparation of plans.

s.019 Faulty plans.

s.020 Transmission to inspector, and preservation, of plans of abandoned or disused mines, seams and veins.

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Part 3

Safety, Health and Welfare (Mines)

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s.022 Provision of shafts and outlets in coal, &c., mines.

s.023 Communications between shafts and outlets in coal, &c., mines.

s.024 Limitation on number of persons to be employed at coal, &c., mines in places with single exits.

s.025 Limitation on number of persons to be employed at coal, &c., mines in shafts and outlets and their insets.

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s.027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.028 Provision of winding and haulage apparatus.

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s.030 Securing of shafts and staple-pits.

s.031 Safety precautions with respect to entrances to shafts, staple-pits and outlets.

s.032 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.033 Safety precautions with respect to entrances to unfit parts of mines.

s.034 General provisions with respect to construction and maintenance of roads.

s.035 Height and width of travelling roads.

s.036 Prohibition of use of vehicles and conveyors in roads not affording free movement.

s.037 Transport rules.

s.038 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.039 Provisions for securing safety of foot-passengers in transport roads.

s.040 Provision of refuge holes.

s.041 Safety measures relating to use of vehicles.

s.042 Charge of winding and rope haulage apparatus when persons are carried.

s.043 Charge of winding and rope haulage apparatus when persons are not carried.

s.044 Charge of conveyors at working faces.

s.045 Signalling in shafts and outlets.

s.046 Signalling in roads.

s.047 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.048 Duty to secure safety of roads and working places.

s.049 Systematic support in coal, shale and fireclay mines.

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s.051 Supply of materials for support.

s.052 Withdrawal of support.

s.053 Duties of deputies in relation to support.

s.054 Provisions as to support rules.

s.055 Duty to provide adequate ventilation.

s.056 Avoidance of danger from gas in waste.

s.057 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.058 Provisions as to means of ventilation.

s.059 Prevention of leakage of air between airways.

s.060 Provision of barometers and other measuring instruments.

s.061 Lighting.

s.062 Permitted lights.

s.063 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.064 Prohibition of taking into mines safety-lamps not provided by owner or of approved type.

s.065 Offences relating to safety-lamps.

s.066 Prohibition of possession of smoking materials in certain mines and parts of mines.

s.067 Prohibition of taking into certain mines and parts of mines of articles producing flames or sparks.

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s.069 Blasting materials and devices.

s.070 Fire precautions in case of workings served by single intake airway.

s.071 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.072 Fire-fighting and rescue operations.

s.073 Means of escape from rooms in which there is special risk of fire, &c.

s.074 Dust precautions.

s.078 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.079 Withdrawal of workmen in cases of danger.

s.080 Duty of workmen to deal with, or report, danger.

s.081 Construction, maintenance, &c., of machinery and apparatus.

s.082 Fencing of exposed parts of machinery.

s.083 Restrictions on use below ground of certain engines, &c.

s.084 Air, gas and steam containers.

s.085 Loading of cranes, &c.

s.086 Buildings and structures to be kept safe.

s.087 Safe means of access and safe means of employment.

s.088 Restriction on doing of work by unskilled persons.

s.089 Penalization of failure to observe safety directions, &c.

s.090 Penalization of negligent acts or omissions and unauthorised removal, &c.,

s.091 First aid.

s.092 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.093 Prohibition of heavy work by women and young persons.

s.094 Sanitary conveniences.

s.095 Measures against vermin and insects.

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s.097 Supply of drinking water.

Part 4

Management and Control (Quarries)

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s.098 Appointment of quarry managers.

s.099 General powers and duties of quarry managers.

s.100 Power of quarry owner to exclude matters from manager’s control.

s.101 Rights of quarry manager with respect to instructions given by or on behalf of owner.

s.102 Temporary appointments during vacancy in office of quarry manager.

s.103 Supervision by quarry managers.

s.104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.105 Duties of quarry managers and owners with respect to reading of reports, &c.

s.106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.107 Notification to district inspector of appointments by quarry owners.

Part 5

Safety, Health and Welfare (Quarries)

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s.108 Provisions for securing safe methods of working.

s.109 Safe means of access to working places.

s.110 Provisions relating to use of ropeways and vehicles.

s.111 Lighting.

s.112 Dust precautions.

s.113 Withdrawal of workmen in cases of danger.

s.114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.115 Application of certain provisions of Part III of this Act.

Part 7

Workmen’s Inspections

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s.123 Inspections of mines and quarries on behalf of workmen employed thereat.

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Part 8

Employment of Women and Young Persons

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s.124 Prohibition of employment below ground in certain cases.

s.125128 Provisions as to hours worked by women and young persons.

s.129 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.130 Special exception for emergencies.

s.131 Register of women and young persons employed.

s.132 Supplemental.

Part 9

Records, Returns and Information

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s.133 Form of official books and preservation and inspection of entries therein.

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s.137 Furnishing to workers of information with respect to this Act and orders and regulations thereunder.

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s.139 Notification of beginning and ending of certain mining and quarrying operations.

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s.140 Notification of change of ownership or name of mine or quarry.

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s.134 Records of certain appointments.

s.135 Provision of copies of this Act and other instruments.

s.136 Posting of notices

s.138 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 10

Regulations

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s.141 Regulations.

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s.143 Variation, revocation, &c., of regulations.

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s.142 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 11

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Part 12

Grant, Cancellation and Suspension of Certificates

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s.150 Cancellation or suspension of certificates.

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3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.147 Grant of certificates.

s.148 The Mining Qualifications Board.

s.149 Qualifications for grant of certificates.

Part 13

Fencing of Abandoned and Disused Mines and of Quarries

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s.151 Fencing of abandoned and disused mines and of quarries.

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Part 14

Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings

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s.152 Offences.

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s.154 Supplementary provisions as to offences.

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s.156 Defence available to person charged with offence not committed personally.

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s.157 Persons not to be under liability for contraventions which it was impracticable to avoid or prevent.

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s.159 Liability of owners for breaches of statutory duty by their servants.

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s.160 Liability of parents for unlawful employment of young persons

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s.162 Removal or defacement of notices, &c.

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s.165 Duty to report results of proceedings against persons employed at mines or quarries.

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s.166 Liability of parents for unlawful employment of children.

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s.153 Accessories.

s.155 Penalty for offences for which no express penalty is provided.

s.158 Special defence available to mine under-managers with limited jurisdiction.

s.161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.163 Prosecution of offences.

s.164 Restriction on institution of certain proceedings.

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Part 15

Miscellaneous and General

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s.169 Demarcation of quarries.

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s.170 Provisions as to references upon notices served by inspectors.

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s.171 Provisions as to knowledge by officials, &c., of Welsh language.

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s.174 †Parliamentary control of orders, rules and regulations.

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s.176 Provisions as to exemptions, &c.

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s.179 Application to the Crown.

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s.180 Meaning of “mine”

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s.181 Meaning of “owner”.

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s.182 General interpretation provisions.

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s.184 Relationship of Factories Acts and this Act in case of certain premises.

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s.191 General savings.

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s.193 Saving for common law rights of workmen, &c.

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s.168 Division of mines.

s.172 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.173 Revocation and variation of orders and rules.

s.175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.177 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.178 Expenses and receipts.

s.183 Application of Act to training mines.

s.185 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.186 Repeal of s. 21 of 16 & 17

s.187 Application of Part XIV of this Act to enactments relating to check-weighing and hours of work below ground.

s.188 Minor and consequential amendments of other enactments.

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s.190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.192 Saving for persons managing certain small mines at commencement of this Act.

s.194 Commencement.

s.195 Short title and extent.

Schedules

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s.schedule third para.1 The tribunal holding an inquiry under section one hundred and...

s.schedule third para.10 If a person— (a) without reasonable excuse (proof whereof shall...

s.schedule third para.11 The holder of any such certificate as is mentioned in...

s.schedule third para.12 A certificate so delivered up may be retained by the...

s.schedule third para.13 Where the court or tribunal cancels or suspends a certificate...

s.schedule third para.14 Where on an appeal (whether by way of case stated...

s.schedule third para.15 Where a certificate has been sent to the Health and...

s.schedule third para.16 For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the...

s.schedule third para.17 In the application of this Schedule to Scotland—

s.schedule third para.2 The Health and Safety Executive may pay to the persons...

s.schedule third para.3 The inquiry shall be public and shall be held at...

s.schedule third para.4 The Health and Safety Executive shall, before the beginning of...

s.schedule third para.5 The said person may appear at the inquiry either in...

s.schedule third para.6 At the conclusion of the inquiry the tribunal shall send...

s.schedule third para.7 The tribunal shall, for the purposes of the inquiry, have...

s.schedule third para.8 A person attending as a witness before the tribunal shall...

s.schedule third para.9 The tribunal may make such orders as it thinks fit...

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Mines and Quarries Act 1954

What it defines

General Duties of Mine and Quarry Owners

Management and Control (Mines)

Safety, Health and Welfare (Mines)

Management and Control (Quarries)

Safety, Health and Welfare (Quarries)

Workmen’s Inspections

Employment of Women and Young Persons

Records, Returns and Information

Regulations

Grant, Cancellation and Suspension of Certificates

Fencing of Abandoned and Disused Mines and of Quarries

Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings

Miscellaneous and General

Schedules