Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1897

      The Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1993 No. 1897

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993

Made 28th July 1993
Laid before Parliament 6th August 1993
Coming into force 1st October 1993


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I
Interpretation and general
1.  Citation and commencement.
2.  Interpretation.
3.  Application of these Regulations.
4.  Duties of employers of employees at work at a mine.
5.  Duties of employees at work at a mine.
PART II
Owners of mines
6.  General duties of the owner of the mine.
7.  Notification of mining operations.
PART III
Structure of health and safety management, supervision and inspection of the mine
8.  Appointment of the manager and substitute.
9.  Authority and duties of the manager of the mine.
10.  Management structure.
11.  Installation, inspection and maintenance etc. of plant and equipment.
12.  Arrangements for inspection at the mine.
13.  Additional duties of the manager of the mine.
14.  Limitation on the number of mines a person may manage.
15.  Appointment of managers to manage parts of a mine.
16.  Instructions given to the manager by the owner.
PART IV
Qualifications
17.  Approval of qualifications.
18.  Certificates of qualification.
19.  Certificates issued under the 1954 Act to remain valid.
20.  Refusal to issue certificates.
21.  Replacement of certificates.
22.  Expenses relating to certain certificates.
PART V
Training requirements
23.  Restrictions on doing work by unskilled persons.
24.  Appointment of a person to organise training at the mine.
25.  Scheme of training and supervision.
26.  Duties of the person appointed to organise training.
PART VI
Surveyors and plans
27.  Appointment of surveyors.
28.  Duties of the surveyor.
29.  Working plans, ventilation plans and geological map.
30.  Facilities and information to be given to the surveyor.
31.  Plans relating to abandoned mines or discontinued seams and vein-systems.
32.  Retention and availability of plans etc.
33.  Faulty plans.
PART VII
Records and information
34.  Notification of appointments to the Executive.
35.  Form and retention of reports, records etc.
36.  Provision of covered accommodation and information to be kept in it.
37.  Posting of notices.
PART VIII
Miscellaneous and general
38.  Exemptions.
39.  Disapplication of section 157 of the 1954 Act.
40.  Disapplication of the Factories Act 1961 to mine premises.
PART IX
Repeals, modifications, revocations and savings
41.  Repeals and modifications.
42.  Certain provisions of the 1954 Act not to apply to mines.
43.  Revocations and modifications to instruments.
44.  Application of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 to mines.
45.  Records and registers required to be kept under the 1954 Act.

SCHEDULES

  1.  Provisions of the 1954 Act expressly providing that a person is to be guilty of an offence.

  2.  Notifications to the Executive.

  3.  Repeals and modifications of the 1954 Act.

  4.  Provisions of the 1954 Act not to apply to mines and extent of consequent modifications.

  5.  Revocations.

  6.  Modifications to Regulations relating to deputies.

 

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