Mines and Quarries Act 1954
1954 c.70An Act to make fresh provision with respect to the management and control of mines and quarries and for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons employed thereat; to regulate the employment thereat of women and young persons; to require the fencing of abandoned and disused mines and of quarries; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Part I General Duties of Mine and Quarry Owners¶
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Part II Management and Control (Mines)¶
Managers and Under-managers¶
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Surveyors¶
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Officials and Technicians¶
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Provisions ancillary to foregoing Sections¶
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Plans¶
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F19819 Faulty plans.¶
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Part III Safety, Health and Welfare (Mines)¶
Provisions for securing safe Ingress and Egress¶
22 Provision of shafts and outlets in coal, &c., mines.¶
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the receipt by the manager of the mine of notification from an inspector that, in his opinion, that person should be withdrawn from the area or part of the area in question.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) . . . F23 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:23 Communications between shafts and outlets in coal, &c., mines.¶
Provided that—
24 Limitation on number of persons to be employed at coal, &c., mines in places with single exits.¶
25 Limitation on number of persons to be employed at coal, &c., mines in shafts and outlets and their insets.¶
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.
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F19928 Provision of winding and haulage apparatus.¶
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Safety Precautions in connection with Shafts, &c., and Entrances to disused Workings¶
F20030 Securing of shafts and staple-pits.¶
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33 Safety precautions with respect to entrances to unfit parts of mines.¶
Roads¶
34 General provisions with respect to construction and maintenance of roads.¶
35 Height and width of travelling roads.¶
Provided that—
F20136 Prohibition of use of vehicles and conveyors in roads not affording free movement.¶
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F19639 Provisions for securing safety of foot-passengers in transport roads.¶
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F19642 Charge of winding and rope haulage apparatus when persons are carried.¶
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Support¶
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Ventilation¶
F20355 Duty to provide adequate ventilation.¶
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F20558 Provisions as to means of ventilation.¶
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Lighting, Lamps and Contraband¶
F20761 Lighting.¶
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F19764 Prohibition of taking into mines safety-lamps not provided by owner or of approved type.¶
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Blasting Materials and Devices¶
F20969 Blasting materials and devices.¶
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70 Fire precautions in case of workings served by single intake airway.¶
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72 Fire-fighting and rescue operations. C7¶
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 provisionF21073 Means of escape from rooms in which there is special risk of fire, &c.¶
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F21174 Dust precautions.¶
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Duties of Officials and Workmen in Cases of Danger¶
F21279 Withdrawal of workmen in cases of danger.¶
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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—Machinery and Apparatus¶
81 Construction, maintenance, &c., of machinery and apparatus.¶
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F21383 Restrictions on use below ground of certain engines, &c.¶
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Buildings, Structures, Means of Access, &c.¶
F21586 Buildings and structures to be kept safe.¶
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F6888 Restriction on doing of work by unskilled persons.¶
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.F6989 Penalization of failure to observe safety directions, &c. C8¶
A person employed at a mine who contravenes—F7190 Penalization of negligent acts or omissions and unauthorised removal, &c.,ofarticles.¶
First Aid¶
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Medical Examinations and Prohibition of Heavy Work¶
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General Welfare Provisions¶
F21794 Sanitary conveniences.¶
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F21997 Supply of drinking water.¶
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Part V Safety, Health and Welfare (Quarries)¶
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112 Dust precautions.¶
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Part VI Notification and Investigation of Accidents and Diseases¶
Notification¶
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Part VII Workmen’s Inspections¶
F220123 Inspections of mines and quarries on behalf of workmen employed thereat.¶
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Prohibition of Employment below Ground¶
124 Prohibition of employment below ground in certain cases.¶
Hours of Work¶
125 Provisions as to hours worked by women and young persons.¶
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130 Special exception for emergencies.¶
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131 Register of women and young persons employed.¶
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F221137 Furnishing to workers of information with respect to this Act and orders and regulations thereunder.¶
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Part X Regulations¶
141 Regulations.¶
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F223143 Variation, revocation, &c., of regulations.¶
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Part XII Grant, Cancellation and Suspension of Certificates¶
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F224150 Cancellation or suspension of certificates.¶
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151 Fencing of abandoned and disused mines and of quarries. C9¶
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to mines which have not been worked for the purpose of getting minerals or products thereof since the ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, being mines other than of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay.
Part XIV Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings C22¶
152 Offences. C12¶
153 Accessories.¶
Without prejudice to the operation—154 Supplementary provisions as to offences.¶
155 Penalty for offences for which no express penalty is provided. C14¶
156 Defence available to person charged with offence not committed personally.¶
In any proceedings under this Act which, by virtue of subsection (1) F137. . . of section one hundred and fifty-two of this Act, are taken against a person in respect of the contravention by a person other than himself of—C16C17C18C19157 Persons not to be under liability for contraventions which it was impracticable to avoid or prevent. C15¶
It shall be a defence in any legal proceedings to recover damages and in any prosecution, in so far as the proceedings or prosecution are or is based on an allegation of a contravention, in relation to a mine F140. . ., of—F143158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .¶
159 Liability of owners for breaches of statutory duty by their servants.¶
For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that the owner of a mine F144. . . is not absolved from liability to pay damages in respect of a contravention, in relation to the mine F144. . ., by a person employed by him of—160 Liability of parents for unlawful employment of young persons¶
If a young person is employed at a mine F145. . . in contravention of the provisions of this Act, the parent of the young person shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, unless it appears to the court that the contravention occurred without the consent, connivance or wilful default of the parent.161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F147¶
F148162 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .¶
163 Prosecution of offences.¶
164 Restriction on institution of certain proceedings. C21¶
No proceedings for an offence under this Act shall, in England or Wales, be instituted against any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section one hundred and fifty-five of this Act except by an inspector or by or with the consent of the Minister or the Attorney General.165 Duty to report results of proceedings against persons employed at mines or quarries.¶
166 Liability of parents for unlawful employment of children.¶
For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act in respect of the employment of children in contravention of . . . F151, section one hundred and thirty six of the M7Education (Scotland) Act 1962, or section one of the M8Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act 1920 (being enactments which prohibit the employment of children in factories and, mines F154. . . and, so far as they relate to mines F154. . ., are incorporated with this Act), the references in section one hundred and sixty of this Act to a young person shall be construed as including references to a child within the meaning of . . . F151 the said section seventeen or the said section one, as the case may be.167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F155¶
Part XV Miscellaneous and General¶
Supplementary Provisions¶
F156168 Division of mines.¶
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F225170 Provisions as to references upon notices served by inspectors.¶
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173 Revocation and variation of orders and rules.¶
Any power conferred by this Act to make a . . . F159 a rule shall be construed as including a power, exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions, if any, to revoke or vary the . . . F159 or rule.F227174 C23†Parliamentary control of orders, rules and regulations.¶
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176 Provisions as to exemptions, &c.¶
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178 Expenses and receipts.¶
Any expenses incurred under or by virtue of this Act by the Minister shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament and any sums received under or by virtue of this Act by the Minister shall be paid into the Exchequer.179 Application to the Crown. C24¶
This Act shall apply to mines F165. . . belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or to a Government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department. C24Interpretation¶
180 Meaning of “mine” ¶
181 Meaning of “owner”.¶
182 General interpretation provisions.¶
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- “central rescue station” has the meaning assigned to it by section seventy-two of this Act;
- “contravention” includes, in relation to—
- a provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations; or
- a direction, prohibition, restriction or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector; or
- a condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by the Health and Safety Executive or an inspector;
a failure to comply with the provision, direction, prohibition, restriction, requirement or condition, and the expression “contravene” shall be construed accordingly: - “gas” includes fume or vapour;
- “gravity operated rope haulage apparatus” means rope haulage apparatus worked solely by the action of gravity on a vehicle or vehicles attached to a rope forming part of the apparatus;
- “gravity operated winding apparatus” means winding apparatus worked solely by the action of gravity on a part of it in which a load is carried;
- “health and safety regulations” has the meaning assigned by section 15(1) of the M9Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- “inset” means, in relation to a shaft or outlet of a mine, a heading, chamber or other space driven or excavated from the shaft or outlet, being a heading, chamber or space to which access can only be had from the shaft or outlet and not being a heading, chamber or space the sole or main purpose of the driving or excavation of which is the getting of minerals or products of minerals;
- “inspector” means an inspector appointed by the Health and Safety Executive under section 19 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and references in any provision of this Act to the inspector for the district are references as respects a mine F173. . ., to the inspector so appointed for carrying into effect the provisions of the Mines and Quarries Acts 1954 to 1971 in the district in which the mine F173. . . is situated;
- “legal proceedings” includes arbitration;
- “mechanically operated rope haulage apparatus” means rope haulage apparatus worked by a stationary engine;
- “mechanically operated winding apparatus” means winding apparatus worked by a stationary engine;
- “minerals” includes stone, slate, clay, gravel, sand and other natural deposits except peat;
- “the Minister” means the Secretary of State;
- “notice” means a notice in writing;
- “parent” means a parent of a young person or any person who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989) or who has parental responsibilities in relation to him (within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995), and includes, in relation to any young person, a person having direct benefit from his wages;
- “period of employment” means the period (inclusive of the time allowed for meals and rest) within which a person may be employed on any day;
- “permitted lights” means, in relation to a mine or a part of a mine, locked safety-lamps and any other means of lighting the use of which below ground in mines generally, in mines of a class to which that mine belongs or in that mine is authorised by regulations or health and safety regulations;
- “prescribed” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (5) of section one hundred and forty-one of this Act;
- “railway company” means any persons authorised by an enactment to construct, work or carry on a railway . . . F179, and for the purposes of this definition the expression “enactment” includes a provision of an order or scheme made under or confirmed by an Act;
- “regulations”, “general regulations” and “special regulations” have the meanings respectively assigned to them by subsection (5) of section one hundred and forty-one of this Act;
- “responsible person” means, in relation to a mine, the manager thereof F180. . .;
- “road” does not include an unwalkable outlet;
- “rope” includes chain;
- “rope haulage apparatus” means apparatus for transporting loads in vehicles attached to ropes;
- “safety-lamp mine” means a mine in no part of which below ground is the use of lamps or lights other than permitted lights lawful;
- “safety-lamp part of a mine” means a part of a mine other than a safety-lamp mine, being a part below ground in which either the use of lamps or lights other than permitted lights is unlawful or safety-lamps are for the time being in use by way of temporary precaution;
- “sanitary conveniences” includes urinals, water-closets, earth-closets, ash-pits, privies and any similar convenience;
- “shaft” means a shaft the top of which is, or is intended to be, at the surface;
- “staple-pit” includes winze;
- “statutory responsibilities” means responsibilities under this Act, orders made thereunder and regulations;
- “support rules” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section fifty-four of this Act;
- “transport rules” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section thirty-seven of this Act;
- “unwalkable outlet” means an outlet which, owing to the gradient thereof or of any part thereof (whether alone or in combination with other circumstances), persons cannot walk up with reasonable convenience;
- “week” means the period between midnight on Saturday night and midnight on the succeeding Saturday night;
- “winding apparatus” means, in relation to a mine shaft or staple-pit, apparatus for lowering and raising loads through the shaft or staple-pit;
- “woman” means a woman who has attained the age of eighteen;
- “young person” means a person who is over compulsory school age but has not attained the age of eighteen.
183 Application of Act to training mines.¶
Relationship of Factories Acts and this Act in case of certain premises¶
F184184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .¶
Repeals, Savings, Transitional Provisions, &c.¶
185 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F185¶
186 Repeal of s. 21 of 16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 28. C25¶
Section twenty-one of the Mining Industry Act, 1926 (which enablesprovision to be made for the establishment of joint committees forcoal mines) shall cease to have effect.F186187 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .¶
188 Minor and consequential amendments of other enactments. C26¶
The enactments specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act shall haveeffect subject to the amendments respectively specified in relationthereto in that Schedule (being minor amendments and amendmentsconsequential on the provisions of this Act).189 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F187¶
190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F188¶
191 General savings.¶
192 Saving for persons managing certain small mines at commencement of this Act.¶
A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, is, by virtue of subsection (3) of section two of the M15Coal Mines Act 1911, exercising and performing, in relation to a mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay then exempt from the provisions of that section, the powers and duties conferred and imposed by that Act on the manager of a mine, may be manager of that mine or another mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay at any time at which the number of persons employed below ground in the mine does not exceed thirty and no direction is in force with respect to the mine under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section four of this Act or under subsection (3) of that section, notwithstanding that he does not possess the qualifications required by this Act for appointment as manager thereof.193 Saving for common law rights of workmen, &c.¶
No provision of this Act, of any order made thereunder or of regulations shall be construed as derogating from any rule of law with respect to the duties owed by masters to their servants (including, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words, the duty to provide a safe system of working), and section one of this Act shall not be construed as derogating from any obligation imposed by or by virtue of any other provision of this Act upon the owner of a mine F191. . ..194 Commencement. C27¶
This Act, except sections one hundred and seventy-two and one hundred and ninety thereof, shall come into operation on such day as the Minister may by order appoint, and those sections shall come into operation on the passing of this Act; and for the purposes of this Act and of the application thereto of section 13 of the M16Interpretation Act 1978 (which relates to the exercise of statutory powers between the passing and the commencement of an Act references to the commencement of this Act shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of the said Act of 1978 with respect to the construction of the expression “commencement”, be construed as references to the time at which this Act, except the said sections one hundred and seventy-two and one hundred and ninety, comes into operation.195 Short title and extent.¶
SCHEDULES
F193F193FIRST AND SECOND SCHEDULES ¶
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F195THIRD SCHEDULE ¶
Inquiries into Fitness of Holders of Certificates and Delivery up and Custody of Certificates in connection with Prosecutions and Inquiries.
Section 150.
F195Part I Inquiries into Fitness of Holders of Certificates¶
F195Part II Delivery up and Custody of Certificates in Connection with Prosecutions and Inquiries¶
F195Part III Modifications of Parts I and II for the Purposes of their Application to Scotland¶
FOURTH SCHEDULE ¶
Minor and Consequential Amendments of Enactments
Section 188. C28
F194F194FIFTH SCHEDULE ¶
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Footnotes
- C1Act extended (S.) by Education (Scotland) Act 1962 (c. 47), s. 136
- C2Act amended by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1), 12(2), 1930, regs. 3, 16(2), 1989/635, reg. 33(3)
- C3Act except s. 151 amended by S.I. 1990/1380, regs. 3, 4
- C4Act except s. 151 saved by virtue of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. (c. 37, SIF 43:3), s. 53, Sch. and Tay Road Bridge Order Confirmation Act 1991 c. iv Sch. Pt. VII s. 62
- C5Act except s. 151 saved by virtue of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37, SIF 43:3), s. 53, Schedule and Highland Regional Council (Harbours) Order Confirmation Act 1991 (c. xii), s. 61(1)(f)The definition of "mine" in this Act applied (30.11.1991) by Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991 (c. 45, SIF 86), s. 1(4)(b), (with s. 37(4), Sch. 7); S.I. 1991/2508, art. 2.The definition of "mine" in this Act applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 89(6), 161(6), 225(2), (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1)The definition of "quarry" in this Act applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 89(6), 225(2), (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1)
- F1S. 1 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F2S. 2 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F3S. 3 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F4S. 4 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F5S. 5 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt.I.
- F6S. 6 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F7S. 7 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F8S. 8 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 1, 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F9S. 9 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F10S. 10 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F11S. 11 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F12S. 12 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F13S. 13 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F14S. 14 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F15S. 15 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F16S. 16 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F17S. 17 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F18S. 18 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- C6S. 20 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F19Ss. 4(4), 12(2), 21, 22(4), 26 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- 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)
- F21Words 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
- F22Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1985/2023, reg. 13(1), Sch. 7 Pt. III para. 1(a)
- F23Words omitted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 4
- F24Ss. 4(4), 12(2), 21, 22(4), 26 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F25Ss. 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)
- F26Words substituted by S.I. 1976/2063, Sch. Pt. I
- F27S. 23(2)(a) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F28Ss. 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)
- F29Words omitted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 4
- F30Ss. 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)
- F31Ss. 4(4), 12(2), 21, 22(4), 26 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F32S. 27 repealed by S.I. 1975/1102, Sch. 1
- F33Ss. 29, 31(3), 32 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1Pt. I
- F34S. 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.
- F35Ss. 29, 31(3), 32 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1Pt. I
- F36Ss. 29, 31(3), 32 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1Pt. I
- F37Ss. 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)
- F38Ss. 34(2), 35(2)—(4) repealed by S.I. 1975/1102, Sch. 1
- F39Ss. 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)
- F40Words 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
- F41S. 35(1)(a) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F42Ss. 34(2), 35(2)—(4) repealed by S.I. 1975/1102, Sch. 1
- F43Ss. 38, 45(2), 47 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F44Ss. 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)
- F45Ss. 38, 45(2), 47 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F46S. 48 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)
- F47S. 49 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)
- F48Ss. 49(3), 50 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I and by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)
- F49S. 51 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)
- F50S. 52 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)
- F51S. 53 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)
- F52S. 54 repealed (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 18(1)
- F53S. 57 repealed by S.I. 1975/1102, Sch. 1
- F54S. 60 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt.I.
- F55Ss. 63, 68(1) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F56Ss. 63, 68(1) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F57S. 68(2) repealed by S.I. 1975/1102, Sch. 1
- F58S. 70 repealed (1.4.1989, in part, and 1.4.1994, fully) by S.I. 1988/1729, reg. 12(1)(b)
- F59Ss. 69(1)(2), 70(2)(4), 71, 74(3) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F60Ss. 69(1)(2), 70(2)(4), 71, 74(3) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- C7S. 72 repealed except so far as it assigns a meaning to “central rescue stations” by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. 1
- F61Ss. 75–77 repealed by S.I. 1979/318, reg. 7
- F62S. 78 repealed by S.I. 1975/1102, Sch. 1
- F63S. 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.
- F64S. 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)).
- F65Ss. 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
- F66S. 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)).
- F67S. 85 repealed (5.12.1998) by S.I. 1998/2307, reg. 16
- F68S. 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.
- C8S. 89 amended by Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10), Sch. 1 para. 3
- F69S. 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.
- F70Words inserted by Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10), Sch. 1 para. 3
- F71S. 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.
- F72S. 91 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F73Ss. 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
- F74S. 93 repealed (1. 1. 1993) by S.I. 1992/2793, reg. 8(1), Sch. 2 Pt.I.
- F75Ss. 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
- F76S. 98 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F77S. 99 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F78S. 100 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F79S. 101 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F80S. 102 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F81S. 103 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F82Ss. 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
- F83S. 105 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F84Ss. 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
- F85S. 107 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F86S. 108 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F87S. 109 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F88S. 110 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F89S. 111 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F90S. 112 repealed by S.I. 1988/1657, reg. 19(1), Sch. 8
- F91S. 113 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F92Ss. 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
- F93S. 115 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F94Pt. VI (ss. 116–122) repealed by S.I. 1980/804, regs. 11, 12, Sch. 5 Pt. I
- F95S. 124(1)(2) repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), ss. 9(3), 10(1)(b), 29(4), Sch. 3 Part II, Sch. 7 Parts II and III
- F96Ss. 125–128 repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c.38, SIF 43:1), ss. 10(1)(a), 29(4), Sch. 3 Part I, Sch. 7 Part II
- F97Ss. 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
- F98S. 130 repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), ss. 10(1)(a), 29(4), Sch. 3 Part I, Sch. 7 Part II
- F99S. 131 repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 29(4), Sch. 7 Pt. II
- F100S. 132 repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), ss. 10(1)(a), 29(4), Sch. 3 Part I, Sch. 7 Part II
- F101S. 133 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F102S. 134 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F103S. 135 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F104S. 136 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F105Ss. 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
- F106S. 139 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F107S. 140 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F108Ss. 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
- F109Ss. 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
- F110Ss. 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
- F111S. 146 repealed by S.I. 1975/1102, Sch. 1
- F112S. 147 repealed (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F113S. 148 repealed (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 141(1), Sch. 3 Pt.I.
- F114S. 149 repealed (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt.I.
- C9S. 151 amended by S.I. 1990/1380, regs. 3, 4
- C10S. 151(2)(3) extended (E.W.) by Public Health (Recurring Nuisances) Act 1969 (c. 25), s. 4(3)
- F115Words substituted by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 5(2)
- M11990 c. 43
- F116S. 151(2)(b) in each of paras. (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) for “highway” there is substituted (S.) “road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)” by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), ss. 128(1), 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 44
- F117Words substituted by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 5(3)(4)
- M21990 c. 43.
- F118S. 151(4) repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. II
- F119S. 151(5) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(3), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
- C11Pt. XIII amended (E.W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 180(3)
- C12S. 152 extended by Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20), s. 1(3)
- C13S. 152(1) amended by Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20) , s. 2(1)
- F120Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 3
- F121S. 152(1)(d) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 12(a)
- F122S. 152(2) repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F123Words substituted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 12(c)
- F124Words in s. 152(3) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F125Words in s. 152(4) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F126Words in s. 152(4)(a)(b)(c) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F127Word in s. 152(4)(a) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F128Word in s. 152(4)(b) inserted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F129S. 152(4)(c) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 12 (d)
- F130Word in s. 152(4)(c) substituted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F131Words in s. 152(4)(c) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F132Words in s. 152(4) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- M31861 c. 94.
- F133Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 11
- M41980 c. 43.
- M51887 c. 35.
- M61954 c. 48.
- F134Words in s. 154(1) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- C14S. 155 repealed except in respect of a contravention of a provision of s. 151(1) by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F135S. 155(1)(a) for “£200” there is substituted (S.) “level 4 on the standard scale” by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G, 457A
- F136S. 155(1)(b) for “£20” there is substituted (S.) “level 1 on the standard scale” by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G, 457A
- F137Words in s. 156 omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F138S. 156(c) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 13
- F139Words in s. 156(c) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- C15S. 157 excluded (1.4.1989 and 1.4.1994) by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1)(a)(b), 11, restricted by S.I. 1988/1930, regs. 3, 15, excluded by S.I. 1989/635, reg. 28
- C16S. 157 excluded (1.4.1993 except in so far as those 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 S.I. 1993/302, regs. 1, 21.
- C17S. 157 restricted (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 39.
- C18S. 157 excluded (1.4.1993) by 1993/208, reg. 40(2).
- C19S. 157 excluded (1.1.1994) by 1993/2331, reg. 7.S. 157 excluded (26.10.1995) by S.I. 1995/2005, reg. 9S. 157 excluded (28.12.1995) by S.I. 1995/2870, reg. 29S. 157 excluded (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 16
- F140Words in s. 157 omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F141Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 3
- F142S. 157(d) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 14
- F143S. 158 repealed (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt.I.
- F144Words in s. 159 omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F145Words in s. 160 omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F146Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G
- F147Ss. 161, 163(2)–(6) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F148S. 162 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- C20S. 163(1) repealed except in respect of a contravention of a provision of s. 151(1) by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F149Ss. 161, 163(2)–(6) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- C21S. 164 repealed except in respect of a contravention of a provision of s. 151(1) by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. 1
- F150Words in s. 165 omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F151Words repealed by Education Act 1973 (c. 16), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F152Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)
- M71962 c. 47.
- M81920 c. 65.
- F153Word in s. 166 inserted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F154Words in s. 166 omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F155S. 167 repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), Sch. 6 Pt. III
- C22Pt. XIV amended by Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10), Sch. 1 para. 7; extended by Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20), s. 3(2)
- F156S. 168 repealed (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F157S. 169 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F158Ss.172, 175, 177, 184(2)—(4), (6) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F159Words omitted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 15
- C23Unreliable marginal note
- F160Ss.172, 175, 177, 184(2)—(4), (6) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- F161Words inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 17
- F162Words in s. 176(1) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F163Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 3
- F164Ss.172, 175, 177, 184(2)—(4), (6) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- C24S. 179 extended by Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20), s. 3(1)
- F165Words in s. 179 omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F166Words in s. 181(1) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F167S. 181(2) repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F168S. 181(3) repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F169Words in s. 181(4) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F170Definition of “bodily injury” repealed by S.I. 1980/804, regs. 11, 12, Sch. 5 Pt. I
- F171Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 3
- F172Paragraph (d) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 18(a)
- F173Words in s. 182(1) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F174Definition inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 18 (b)
- M91974 c. 37.
- F175Definition substituted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 18 (c)
- F176Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1957/48 (1957 I, p. 1439), 1969/1498, arts. 2(1), 5(6), and 1970/1537, arts. 2(2), 7(4)
- F177S. 182(1): words in definition of “parent” substituted (1.11.1996) by virtue of 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 8 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3, Sch.
- F178Definition amended by virtue of S.I. 1983/710, reg. 2 and 1989/635, reg. 33, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 1(b)
- F179Words repealed by Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), Sch. 12 Pt. II
- F180Words in s. 182(1) omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- F181S. 182(2) repealed (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 41(1), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
- F182S. 182(3)(a) substituted (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1897, reg. 41(2), Sch. 3 Pt. II.
- F183S. 182(3)(c) repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F184S. 184 repealed (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F185S. 185 repealed by Wages Act 1986 (c. 48, SIF 43:2), s. 32(2), Sch. 5 Pt. III
- C25The text of s. 186, 188 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
- F186S. 187 repealed (20.11.1993) by Coal Industry Act 1992 (c. 17), s. 3(3), Sch.Pt. II; S.I. 1993/2514, art.2.
- C26The text of s. 186, 188 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
- F187S. 189 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
- F188S. 190, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- M101911 c. 50.
- M111911 c. 50.
- M121911 c. 50.
- M131911 c. 50.
- F189S. 191(7) repealed (19.5.1997) by 1997 c. 29, s. 33(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 1997/1097, art. 3, Sch.
- F190Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)
- M141978 c. 30.
- M151911 c. 50.
- F191Words in s. 193 omitted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/2024, regs. 1(1), 47(1)(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II
- C27S. 194 power of appointment conferred by s. 194 fully exercised: 1.1.1957 appointed by S.I. 1956/1530, art. 2
- F192Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)
- M161978 c. 30.
- M171954. c. 70
- F193S. 190, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. I
- C28The text of Sch. 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and except as indicated does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
- F194Sch. 5 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI.
- C29S. 182(3) modified (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 2 (with reg. 1(3))
- F195Sch. 3 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F196Ss. 39-46 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F197Ss. 64-67 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F198S. 19 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F199S. 28 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F200S. 30 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F201S. 36 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F202S. 37 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F203S. 55 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F204S. 56 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F205S. 58 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F206S. 59 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F207S. 61 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F208S. 62 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F209S. 69 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F210S. 73 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F211S. 74 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F212S. 79 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F213S. 83 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F214S. 84 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F215S. 86 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F216S. 87 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F217S. 94 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F218S. 95 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F219S. 97 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F220S. 123 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F221S. 137 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F222S. 141(5) repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F223S. 143 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F224S. 150 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F225S. 170 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F226S. 171 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F227S. 174 repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with reg. 1(3))
- F228S. 180 substituted (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 1 (with reg. 1(3))