FIRST SCHEDULE
THE COAL AND OTHER MINES (LOCOMOTIVES) REGULATIONS, 1956, HAVING EFFECT AS IF MADE UNDER SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE OF THE MINES AND QUARRIES ACT, 1954
PART I Application
1.Except where the application thereof is further expressly limited, these...
PART II Design, construction and equipment of locomotives
2.The manager of every mine shall ensure that no locomotive...
3.(1) Every locomotive and each of its accessories shall, so...
4.In the case of every locomotive in which the motive...
5.(1) Every locomotive shall be provided with—
PART III Roads and tracks
Construction of tracks
6.(1) Subject to the provisions of regulation eight the manager...
Minimum clearances
7.(1) Subject to the provisions of regulation eight the manager...
Exemptions
8.An inspector, if he is satisfied that the application of...
Gradients
9.The manager of every mine shall ensure that no locomotive...
Inspections of rails and tracks
10.(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Coal and...
PART IV Ventilation
Determinations of firedamp content
11.Without prejudice to the provisions of the Coal and Other...
Methods for determinations
12.Determinations of the firedamp content shall be made—
Places for determinations
13.(1) Determinations of the firedamp content shall be made—
Times for determinations
14.(1) Determinations of the firedamp content shall be made at...
Records of determinations
15.Particulars of every determination of firedamp content made in accordance...
16.(1) If any determination of firedamp content made in any...
PART V Working and maintenance of locomotives
Drivers of locomotives
17.(1) No person shall operate any locomotive in any mine...
18.No person for the time being operating a locomotive in...
19.Except in accordance with the transport rules of the mine,...
20.Except during shunting operations no person shall couple next to...
21.(1) In any mine of coal or fireclay no person...
22.A red light visible at a distance of two hundred...
Maintenance of locomotives
23.(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of...
24.(1) Without prejudice to the generality of regulations six and...
PART VI Additional provisions—diesel locomotives
Housing stations
25.(1) The manager of every mine in which there is...
Filling stations
26.(1) No person shall replenish any diesel locomotive with fuel...
Fuel oil
27.The manager of every mine in which any diesel locomotive...
Posting of notices in filling stations
28.The manager of every mine in which any diesel locomotive...
Exhaust gases
29.The manager of every mine in which any diesel locomotive...
30.(1) No person for the time being operating any diesel...
31.(1) The manager of every mine in which any diesel...
PART VII Additional provisions—storage battery locomotives
Charging and changing of batteries
32.(1) No person shall charge or change any battery of...
Posting of notices in charging stations
33.The manager of every mine in which any storage battery...
PART VIII General
34.Nothing in these regulations shall be taken to authorise the...
Exemptions
35.The Chief Inspector of Mines, if he is satisfied that...
Interpretation
36.(1) In these regulations the following expressions have the meanings...