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2. The manager of every mine shall ensure that no locomotive runs in that mine unless it complies with the requirements of this Part of these regulations.
3.—(1) Every locomotive and each of its accessories shall, so far as practicable, be constructed of non-inflammable material, and any inflammable material included therein shall be shrouded with a substantial metallic covering:
(2) In the case of every locomotive in which the motive power is generated by an internal combustion engine, that locomotive shall be so constructed that—
(a)no air enters the engine without first being cleaned;
(b)no exhaust gases are expelled from the locomotive without first being cooled and diluted; and
(c)no flames or sparks are emitted from the locomotive.
(3) Every locomotive which runs in a mine or part of a mine in which the use of lamps or lights, other than permitted lights, is unlawful shall be of a type approved by the Minister:
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5.—(1) Every locomotive shall be provided with—
(a)brakes which can (whether or not any other device for applying them is fitted) be applied by the driver by direct mechanical action;
(b)means for applying sand to the rails;
(c)means for giving adequate audible warnings;
(d)a suitable portable fire extinguisher;
(e)a seat for the driver;
(f)controls so placed that the driver can simultaneously operate them and see ahead without leaning out of the locomotive; and
(g)a portable lamp.
(2) Every locomotive, other than a locomotive which cannot develop more than twenty-five horse power and cannot on a level road exceed a speed of eight miles per hour, shall be provided with a combined speed and mileage indicator so placed as to be easily seen by the driver when he is operating the locomotive:
(3) Every locomotive shall be provided with a headlight with an effective range of at least two hundred feet or, in the case of a locomotive which was in use in a mine before the first day of May, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, if an inspector by notice served on the manager of the mine consents thereto, such a headlight as that with which it was equipped at that date.
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