(1) The manager shall not appoint as a lamp station...
- Ensure safe siting of lamp stations and post location notices
UK Statutory Instrument
1956
United Kingdom
The Coal and Other Mines (Safety-Lamps and Lighting) Order 1956
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10 compliance obligations
What this Act requires
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
(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of...
- Provide and maintain suitable and sufficient lighting in underground mine areas
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation and...
- Ensure compliance with electric lighting safety requirements in mines
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation and...
- Maintain and test compressed-air electric lighting units every 3 months
(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of...
- Appoint competent persons and manage safety-lamp examination
(1) Electric lights which are fittings of or accessories to...
- Maintain and test approved electric lights on mining machinery
The manager of every mine shall make and ensure the...
- Keep the roof and sides of key underground places whitewashed
(1) The manager of every safety-lamp mine shall make and...
- Set up safety-lamp examination system before lamps go underground
It shall be the duty of the manager of every...
- Ensure bulbs in electric safety-lamps are approved and marked
It shall be the duty of the manager of every...
- Maintain safety-lamp lighting performance in your mine
Browse 15 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
These regulations shall apply to every mine of coal, stratified...
If any safety-lamp is damaged in a mine the person...
Every person to whom a safety-lamp or detector is issued...
The provisions of this Part of these regulations shall apply...
(1) No person, except a competent person appointed by the...
(1) No person other than an inspector, a manager, an...
(1) No person shall re-light any flame safety-lamp below ground...
There shall be provided for every person who works at...
There shall be provided at every place below ground lighted...
The Chief Inspector of Mines if he is satisfied that...
(1) In these regulations the following expressions have the meanings...
Any safety-lamp provided for personal use by a person ordinarily...
Every person to whom a locked safety-lamp is issued for...
No person shall unlock or open any safety-lamp or detector...
No person shall place a safety-lamp or detector on its...
Browse 4 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
(1) The provisions set out in the first schedule hereto,...
Any exemption, approval, authority or requirement granted or imposed for...
This order shall come into operation at the commencement of...
Coal Mines Act, 1911, section 34 (as amended by the...
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