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

Construction, equipment and use of stables

12.  The manager of every mine at which any horses are employed below ground shall make and secure the carrying out of efficient arrangements to ensure that—

(a)every stable in use is cleaned daily, and kept in a sanitary condition;

(b)an adequate supply of clean straw or other suitable bedding is provided for the use of every horse in a stable;

(c)there is provided daily, and so far as practicable protected from dust and other deleterious substances before it is consumed, an adequate supply of wholesome food and wholesome drinking water for every horse for consumption while the horse is in its stable and while it is out of its stable for the purpose of working;

(d)every receptacle for such food and water is so far as practicable so constructed as to protect the contents from dust and other deleterious substances;

(e)an adequate supply of medicines, ointments and dressings of a kind suitable for horses, and suitable and sufficient apparatus for the destruction of horses requiring to be destroyed, are provided and kept readily available for use.