UK Statutory Instrument SI 1956/1943 United Kingdom

The Stratified Ironstone, Shale and Fireclay Mines (Explosives) Regulations 1956

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Employee4 Employer3 Any Person3

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What it requires

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s.002 (1) No person shall fire a shot in any mine... Regulated
  • Appoint competent shot firers and record advanced blasting authorisationsEmployer
s.004 (1) The manager of a mine shall not permit any... Regulated
  • Store explosives only in appointed surface stores and appoint competent persons in chargeEmployer
s.011 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation the... Regulated
  • Create a safety scheme for moving explosives underground in bulkEmployer
s.017 It shall be the duty of the manager of every... Regulated
  • Manage cleaning, testing and record-keeping for electric shot firing apparatusAny Person
s.026 (1) No shot firer or person appointed to fire shots... Regulated
  • Check shot hole safety and fire all charged shots unless preventedAny Person
s.027 The manager shall make and secure the efficient carrying out... Regulated
  • Ensure daily records of explosives and shot firings are keptEmployee
s.033 (1) After the firing of any shot the person who... Regulated
  • Check working areas are safe after firing a shotAny Person
s.042 Schemes for remedial action Regulated
  • Maintain a scheme for remedial action after miss‑fires and distribute copiesEmployee
s.052 The manager of every mine shall ensure that horse killing... Regulated
  • Appoint competent person for horse killing apparatus and clean after useEmployee
s.053 (1) The manager of every mine shall ensure that cartridges... Regulated
  • Manage horse-killing cartridges safely and securelyEmployee
47 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Except where the application thereof is further expressly limited, these...
s.003 No person shall be qualified to be appointed or to...
s.005 No person shall cap safety fuse with a detonator at...
s.006 (1) All detonators at an explosives store or at a...
s.007 (1) No person shall take any detonator below ground in...
s.008 (1) Any shot firer to whom a detonator case has...
s.009 No person shall take any explosive below ground in any...
s.010 (1) Except in pursuance of the next following regulation, no...
s.012 Each shot firer who is to fire shots by means...
s.013 No person shall fire a shot in any mine by...
s.014 No shot firer shall fire a shot by means of...
s.015 A shot firer who is in charge of any electric...
s.016 (1) If any electric shot firing apparatus appears to be...
s.018 (1) No person shall open or tamper with any electric...
s.019 (1) No person shall drill a shot hole or any...
s.020 (1) No person shall begin to charge any shot hole...
s.021 (1) No person shall charge a shot hole unless he...
s.022 (1) No shot firer or person appointed to fire shots...
s.023 (1) Except as may be provided in any scheme for...
s.024 (1) Any person charging a shot hole shall ensure that...
s.025 (1) No person shall remove any stemming from any charged...
s.028 (1) Where a round of shots is to be fired...
s.029 (1) No shot firer or person appointed to fire shots...
s.030 In every case where a shot may blow through into...
s.031 (1) Any person proposing to fire a shot shall before...
s.032 (1) No person who has been posted as a sentry...
s.034 No person other than a shot firer shall fire a...
s.035 No person shall take any explosive into a shaft or...
s.036 No person other than a shot firer shall take a...
s.037 No shot firer shall fire a shot in a shaft...
s.038 (1) No shot firer shall couple a shot firing cable...
s.039 No person shall enter a shaft or staple-pit after a...
s.040 Meaning of miss-fire
s.041 General precautions
s.043 Application of Part VIII
s.044 Issue and use of detonators
s.045 Parts of mines in which only explosives approved by the Minister may be used
s.046 Additional qualifications—shot firers and persons appointed to fire shots by fuse
s.047 Shot firing apparatus
s.048 Sheathed explosives
s.049 Precautionary examinations
s.050 Use of safety fuse with attached igniter in mines of shale
s.051 (1) Nothing in Parts II to VIII of these regulations...
s.054 (1) In any part of a mine, being a part...
s.055 Exemptions
s.056 Interpretation
s.057 Commencement and citation

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