The Mines Regulations 2014

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Meaning of “mine”

    4. 4.Application of these Regulations

  3. PART 2

    1. 5.Duties of the owner

    2. 6.Notification of mining operations

    3. 7.General duties of the mine operator

    4. 8.Co-operation

    5. 9.Health and safety document

    6. 10.Management structure

    7. 11.Competence

    8. 12.Instructions, rules and schemes

    9. 13.Permits to work

    10. 14.Inspection of the mine

    11. 15.Maintenance and inspection of equipment

    12. 16.Record of persons below ground

    13. 17.Danger areas

    14. 18.Power of safety representatives to report imminent risk

  4. PART 3

    1. Fire protection

      1. 19.General duty

      2. 20.Fire protection plan

    2. Explosive atmospheres

      1. 21.Application of regulations 22 and 23

      2. 22.Explosive atmospheres

      3. 23.Ignition risks

      4. 24.Application of regulations 25 and 26

      5. 25.Burning and welding in coal mines

      6. 26.Risks of explosion in coal mines

    3. Explosives

      1. 27.Application of regulations 28 to 31

      2. 28.General duties relating to explosives

      3. 29.Duties relating to explosives in mines with explosive atmospheres

      4. 30.Storage of explosives

      5. 31.Rules

    4. Ground movement

      1. 32.Duty to take ground control measures

    5. Inrushes

      1. 33.Precautions against inrushes

      2. 34.Information about inrush hazards

      3. 35.Mine workings in potentially hazardous areas

    6. Shafts, outlets and winding

      1. 36.Shaft construction and modification

      2. 37.Equipment in relevant shafts and outlets

      3. 38.Safety features of winding apparatus

      4. 39.Inspection, maintenance and testing

      5. 40.Signalling and communication

    7. Transport systems

      1. 41.Transport systems

      2. 42.Transport rules

  5. PART 4

    1. 43.Ventilation

  6. PART 5

    1. Inhalable and respirable dust in coal mines

      1. 44.Application of COSHH below ground in coal mines

      2. 45.Assessment and control of inhalable and respirable dust in coal mines

    2. Lighting and personal lamps

      1. 46.Lighting

      2. 47.Personal lamps

  7. PART 6

    1. 48.Exits from the mine

    2. 49.Ways out from places of work

    3. 50.Emergency routes and emergency doors

    4. 51.Auxiliary equipment

    5. 52.Intake airways

    6. 53.Duties of the mine operator with regard to escape and rescue

    7. 54.Escape and rescue plan

    8. 55.Emergency equipment and communication systems

    9. 56.Training and information

    10. 57.Self-rescuers

  8. PART 7

    1. 58.Surveyor

    2. 59.Working plans, sections, ventilation plans and geological map

  9. PART 8

    1. 60.General duty to ensure safety of tips

    2. 61.Appraisal of tips

    3. 62.Geotechnical assessments

    4. 63.Tips which are a significant hazard (notifiable tips)

    5. 64.Records of substances tipped

    6. 65.Notification of tips

    7. 66.Tips rules

    8. 67.Abandoned tips

  10. PART 9

    1. 68.Record keeping

    2. 69.Plans of abandoned mines

    3. 70.Exemptions

  11. PART 10

    1. 71.Transitional provisions: general

    2. 72.Transitional provisions: tips

    3. 73.Transitional provision: Winsford mine

    4. 74.Repeals and revocations

    5. 75.Modifications

    6. 76.Review

  12. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Support System Standards for Coal Mines

      1. 1.In the case of face workings where props are used—...

      2. 2.In the case of face workings where bars are used—...

      3. 3.In the case of workings where powered supports are used—...

      4. 4.For the purpose of paragraph 3— (a) “powered support” means...

      5. 5.In the case of face workings where packs are used—...

      6. 6.In the case of face workings where persons work or...

      7. 7.In this Schedule, “face working”— (a) in relation to a...

      8. 8.In the case of roadways where props and bars are...

      9. 9.In the case of roadways where steel arches are used...

      10. 10.In the case of roadways where rockbolts are used as...

      11. 11.In the case of roadways where machines are used to...

      12. 12.In the case of roadways where persons work or pass...

      13. 13.For the purpose of this Schedule, “bar” means a support...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Content of Geotechnical Assessments

      1. 1.Site survey

      2. 2.Site investigation

      3. 3.Cross-sections based on site investigations

      4. 4.Plans based on site investigation

      5. 5.Assumptions made before analysis

      6. 6.Findings of analysis

      7. 7.Design coming out of analysis

      8. 8.Requirements during and after construction

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Repeals

      1. PART 1

      2. PART 2

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Revocations and partial revocations

      1. PART 1 Revocations

      2. PART 2 Partial revocations

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Modifications

      1. PART 1 Modifications to primary legislation

        1. 1.In the 1954 Act, for section 180 substitute the following—...

        2. 2.(1) Despite the revocation of the Management and Administration of...

        3. 3.In the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969—

      2. PART 2 Modifications to secondary legislation

        1. 4.In the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977, in...

        2. 5.In the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981—

        3. 6.In the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989—

        4. 7.In the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, for...

        5. 8.In the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998, in...

        6. 9.In the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, in...

        7. 10.In the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999, in regulation 4—

        8. 11.In PUWER, in regulation 6(5)(d), for “Mines (Shafts and Winding)...

        9. 12.In the Quarries Regulations 1999, in regulation 3(1)(c), for “regulation...

        10. 13.In the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000, in regulation 2(1),...

        11. 14.In the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and...

        12. 15.In the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008, in Part 1 of...

        13. 16.In the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations...

        14. 17.In the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Exemptions, Appeals and Inspections) (England)...

        15. 18.In the 2014 Regulations— (a) in regulation 2(1)—

  14. Explanatory Note