Coal Mines Act, 1911, regulations and orders relating to safety and health / Ministry of Fuel and Power.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Fuel and Power.
Date:
1952
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Credit: Coal Mines Act, 1911, regulations and orders relating to safety and health / Ministry of Fuel and Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 ee —— sane — oe ~— ee PART ONE AMENDMENTS OF THE COAL MINES ACT, 1911 Since the Coal Mines Act was passed in 1911 many of its provisions have been varied or amended. To facilitate reference to current require- repealed by the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946, where provisions of corresponding effect continue to be included. Verbal amendments relating to the title of “‘ deputy ’’ were made to certain sections by the Coal Mines (Officials and Inspections) General Regulations, 1951, and these are listed at the end of this Part. The rest of the Act remains in its original form except that under the Ministry of Fuel and Power Act, 1945, “‘ Minister [of Fucl and Power] ” should be read throughout wherever ‘‘ Secretary of State ”’ appears. SECTION : 2. APPOINTMENT OF MANAGER. [Verbal amendment of 2(2) by the Coal Mines (Certificates of Com- 2.—(2) If any mine is worked without there being such a manager for the mine as Is iequired by this section, the owner and agent shall each be guilty of an offence against this Act : Provided that, if the person appointed to be manager of a mine, by reason of death, resignatioa, or otherwise ceases to be manager, nothing in this section shall prevent the mine being worked (for a period not exceeding four months) until 2 new manager is appointed, if in the I