(1) The manager of every mine at which detectors are...
- Make arrangements for detector use and appoint competent persons
UK Statutory Instrument
1956
United Kingdom
The Coal and Other Mines (Ventilation) Order 1956
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11 compliance obligations
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Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
The manager of every mine at which detectors are required...
- Give written instructions to detector operators on minimum gas tests
(1) There shall be provided and maintained in connection with...
- Provide ventilation fan monitoring and direct safe operating speed
(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section fifty-five of...
- Keep intake airways free from inflammable gas
(1) In every road which is required for the working...
- Provide and maintain ventilation doors or sheets in mine roadways
(1) In respect of every auxiliary fan at a mine...
- Set minimum airflow for auxiliary fans and arrange weekly checks
(1) No fan (not being an auxiliary fan) shall be...
- Get expert ventilation surveys before installing main fans underground
(1) Where in any part of a mine in which...
- Set up firedamp monitoring where electric power or shotfiring near working face
(1) Where determinations of the firedamp content in any part...
- Fix suitable firedamp measurement points near non‑longwall faces
(1) Particulars of every determination of firedamp content made in...
- Record firedamp test results and notify the inspector if levels exceed 1%
(1) The manager of every mine shall make and secure...
- Measure airflow at specified mine points every 30 days and record results
Browse 22 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
These regulations shall apply to every mine of coal, stratified...
(1) At every mine in any part of which the...
(1) The places for and the number of detectors to...
(1) If electric power is being used at a working...
(1) A person in charge of a detector which is...
If any person in charge of a detector which is...
Nothing done in pursuance of the preceding regulations relating to...
(1) The person in charge of the machinery driving such...
(1) In each shaft and outlet which is connected by...
(1) Any road not required for the working of a...
(1) No person other than the deputy in charge of...
(1) No auxiliary fan shall be installed at any place...
(1) Two or more auxiliary fans shall not be installed...
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5) of section...
In any mine in which naked lights are in use,...
Any person who moves any ventilating sheet shall secure that...
Wherever sheets or ducts are used to secure the ventilation...
The Chief Inspector of Mines if he is satisfied that...
(1) In these regulations the following expressions have the meanings...
(1) Determinations of the firedamp content shall be made—
(1) Where determinations of the firedamp content in any part...
(1) Determinations of the firedamp content shall be made at...
Browse 4 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
(1) The provisions set out in the first schedule hereto,...
Any exemption, consent, approval, permission, direction or requirement granted or...
This order shall come into operation at the commencement of...
Coal Mines Act, 1911, section 29 General Regulations dated July...
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