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<Text>The following shall be substituted for section 124(1) of the <MarginNoteRef Ref="m00019"/>Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (which provides that no female shall be employed below ground at a mine)—</Text>
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<Text>Throughout the <MarginNoteRef Ref="m00020"/>Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908, for " workman " or " man " there is substituted " worker ", and for "workmen" or "men" there is substituted " workers ".</Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1908/57" id="c00028" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1908" Number="0057">1908 c. 57</Citation>.</Text>
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