LegalizeEscape and Rescue from Mines Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
Made: 31st March 1999
Coming into operation: 10th May 1999
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PART I — INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL
Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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Application of these Regulations
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PART II — ESCAPE AND EMERGENCY ORGANISATION
Emergency plan
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Emergency accommodation
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Emergency equipment
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Mine plans for emergency use
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Warning and other communication systems
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Access in an emergency situation
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Arrangements for escape
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Training and information
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PART III — RESCUE GENERAL DUTIES
Effective arrangements for rescue
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Mines of coal
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Inspection
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PART IV — RESCUE TEAM AND CONDUCT OF RESCUE OPERATIONS
Rescue team
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Rescue team member
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Training in use of breathing apparatus
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Medical examination in connection with breathing apparatus
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Fitness to undertake rescue work
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Records
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Rescue team captain
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Rescue officer
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Role of rescue officer
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Manager to have regard to advice of rescue officers
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Qualification and experience of rescue officers
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Breathing apparatus
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Signals
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PART V — MISCELLANEOUS
Power of exemption
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Dissapplication of section 135 of the 1969 Act
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Defence in proceedings for contravention of regulation 12(2)(a)(iii)
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Revocations
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Schedule — Number of Repetitions of the Audible Signal
| Purposes | Number of signals |
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| ‘Distress’ or ‘Help wanted’ | ONE signal |
| (If no answer is given to a call, ‘Distress’ is to be understood) | |
| Halt | TWO signals |
| Retire | THREE signals |
| Advance | FOUR signals |
| To call attention | FIVE signals |
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on
John J. L. Francey — Assistant Secretary — 31st March 1999.
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) as amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18)
[^f00003]: 1969 c. 6 (N.I.); extended by the Mines and Quarries (Tips and Tipping Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 296); relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1991 No. 239
[^f00004]: S.R. 1992 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 478
[^f00005]: 1983 c. 54
[^f00006]: S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1970 No. 129
Editorial notes
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