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The Coal and Other Mines (Sidings) Order 1956

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.(1) The provisions set out in the schedule hereto, being...

  3. 2.This order shall come into operation at the commencement of...

  4. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      THE COAL AND OTHER MINES (SIDINGS) REGULATIONS, 1956, HAVING EFFECT AS IF MADE UNDER SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE OF THE MINES AND QUARRIES ACT, 1954

      1. Application

        1. 1.These regulations shall apply, at every mine of coal, stratified...

      2. Transport of persons

        1. 2.(1) The manager of every mine at which trains are...

      3. Points and signal wires

        1. 3.It shall be the duty of the manager of every...

      4. Provision of equipment and safety devices

        1. 4.It shall be the duty of the manager of every...

      5. Operation of points

        1. 5.(1) Every person who operates points on a line by...

      6. Movement of vehicles

        1. 6.The manager of every mine shall make and secure the...

        2. 7.No person shall move a vehicle, and no person in...

        3. 8.No person shall couple or uncouple any vehicle in motion...

        4. 9.In every case in which any person employed at a...

        5. 10.In every case in which the movement of a vehicle...

        6. 11.The manager of every mine shall make and secure the...

        7. 12.Every driver in charge of a locomotive on a line,...

        8. 13.No person shall move or attempt to move a vehicle...

        9. 14.(1) No person shall ride on any buffer of a...

      7. Stationary vehicles

        1. 15.No person in charge of a vehicle at a mine...

        2. 16.The manager of every mine shall make and secure the...

        3. 17.It shall be the duty of the person in immediate...

      8. Restrictions on passage of persons on foot

        1. 18.No person shall pass immediately in front of any vehicle...

        2. 19.No person shall cross a line by passing underneath any...

      9. Stacking of material beside lines

        1. 20.The manager of every mine shall make and secure the...

      10. Minimum age for locomotive drivers and shunters

        1. 21.(1) No person who has not attained the age of...

      11. Interpretation

        1. 22.(1) In these regulations the following expressions have the meanings...

  5. Explanatory Note

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