174Relationship of this Act, enactments relating to mines, and Quarries Act (Northern Ireland) 1927 to certain premises.N.I.
(1)The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any premises forming part of a mine or quarry.
(2)In the case of any premises to which all or any of the provisions of this Act would apply but for subsection (1),[F1 the Ministry] may by order direct that that subsection shall not apply to the premises and that the premises shall be treated, for the purposes of [F2 the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 M1], as not forming part of a mine or, as the case may be, for the purposes of the[F3 Quarries (Northern Ireland) Order 1983], as not forming part of a quarry.
(3)In the case of any premises to which all or any of the provisions of this Act apply, being premises [F4 which would be deemed for the purposes of the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 [1969 c.6] to form part of a mine, but for subsection (3) of section 156 of the said Act of 1969, or] which would be deemed for the purposes of the[F3 Quarries (Northern Ireland) Order 1983], to form part of a quarry, but for[F3 paragraph (4) of Article 2 of that Order of 1983],[F1 the Ministry] may by order direct that neither any of the provisions of this Act nor that subsection[F3 or paragraph] shall apply to the premises.
(4)In the case of premises which are a factory within the meaning of this Act, or to which all or any of the provisions of this Act apply as if the premises were such a factory, being premises which, though not forming part of a mine or quarry, are occupied by the owner of a mine or quarry and used solely for the purpose of the provision or supply for or to a single mine or quarry, or jointly for or to more than one mine or quarry, of services or electricity,[F1 the Ministry] may by order direct that, while the order is in force, the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the premises, and the premises shall be deemed for the purposes of [F2 the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969] or, as the case may be, for the purposes of the[F3 Quarries (Northern Ireland) Order 1983], to form part of the mine or quarry or, as the case may be, of such one of them as may be specified in the order.
(5)References in subsections (1) to (4) to the provisions of this Act shall be construed as exclusive of references to section 125, and to the other provisions of this Act in so far as, by virtue of that section, they are applicable to such operations or works, but section 125 shall not apply to any building operations undertaken below ground in a mine or to any works of engineering construction undertaken below ground in a mine.
(6)Where any machinery or apparatus is situate partly in a mine or quarry and partly in a factory within the meaning of this Act,[F1 the Ministry] may by order direct that it shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act and of [F2 the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969] or, as the case may be, of the[F3 Quarries (Northern Ireland) Order 1983], either to be wholly situate in the factory and not to be situate in the mine or quarry or to be wholly situate in the mine or quarry and not to be situate in the factory.
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(7)In this section—