MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969

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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 34



34.(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to take, with respect
to every length of road therein, being a length in which vehicles or conveyors
run or which is used at the beginning or end of a shift by not less than ten
persons for the purpose of walking to or from their working places in the
mine, such steps as may be necessary to secure that the following provisions
are complied with, namely,

(a)every such length of road made after the commencement of this Act shall be
so made and maintained as to avoid sudden changes of direction, height, width
and gradient save in so far as either

(i)the system of working the mine or the natural conditions of the strata
therein render it inadvisable for reasons of safety to do so; or

(ii)it is unnecessary to do so;

(b)every such length of road (whether made before or after the commencement of
this Act) shall be kept free from obstructions and the floor thereof shall be
kept in good repair and in such a condition that any persons who use that
length of road can tread it with safety and reasonable convenience.

Subs.(2) rep. by SR 1980/333

(3) References in this section to changes of gradient shall be construed as
including references to deviations (whether upwards or downwards) from the
horizontal.

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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 34