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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 33

Safety precautions with respect to entrances to unfit parts of mines.

33.(1) Every entrance from a road in a mine to a part of the mine which for
the time being is not maintained in a state fit for persons to work in or pass
through shall be provided with an efficient enclosure or barrier so designed
and constructed as to prevent any person from accidentally entering that part
of the mine.

(2) Every enclosure or barrier provided in a mine in pursuance of subsection
(1) shall be properly maintained and, where an enclosure or barrier so
provided or any part thereof is removable, or openable, the enclosure, barrier
or part shall be kept securely in position or, as the case may be, securely
closed save in so far as its removal or opening is authorised by the manager
of the mine, an under-manager thereof or the person for the time being in
charge of the part of the mine in which it is provided.

General provisions with respect to construction and maintenance of roads.

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