Mines (Safety of Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made: 30th October 1998

Coming into operation: 14th December 1998

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Application

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Exits from the mine

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Auxiliary apparatus and equipment

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Access between exits

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Construction and maintenance of roads, ladderways and stairways

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Ways from places of work

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Provision of barriers and enclosures

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Intake airways

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Exemptions

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Disapplication of section 135 of the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

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Repeals, revocations and amendments

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SCHEDULE — Amendments

Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

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Coal and Other Mines (Managers and Officials) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1970

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Mines (Emergency Egress) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975

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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on

R. G. F. Fry — Assistant Secretary — 30th October 1998.

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

[^f00003]: 1969 c. 6 (N.I.)

[^f00004]: S.R. 1997 No. 455

[^f00005]: S.R. 1975 No. 35

[^f00006]: S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1970 No. 128

Editorial notes

[^key-1f849dd8f327ca6557a59f8bef06aebe]: Regulations revoked (1.2.2017) by The Mines Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/427), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 Pt. 1; [Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.R. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.R. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version from the left-hand menu. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources' above]