http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/1

Mines and Quarries Act 1954

An Act to make fresh provision with respect to the management and control of mines and quarries and for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons employed thereat; to regulate the employment thereat of women and young persons; to require the fencing of abandoned and disused mines and of quarries; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.