The Coal and Other Mines (Locomotives) Order 1956

PART VIII General

34.  Nothing in these regulations shall be taken to authorise the use of any locomotive below ground without the consent of the Minister or an inspector.

Exemptions

35.  The Chief Inspector of Mines, if he is satisfied that the application of any provision of these regulations (other than a provision in relation to which an express power of exemption is contained in these regulations) is not requisite for safety in relation to any mine or part thereof, may by notice served on the manager of that mine exempt it or a part thereof from the application of that provision.

Interpretation

36.—(1) In these regulations the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—

“the Act” means the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954;

“appointed driver” has the meaning assigned thereto in regulation seventeen;

“charging station” has the meaning assigned thereto in regulation thirty-two;

“deputy” and “deputy's district” have the meanings assigned thereto in the Coal and Other Mines (Managers and Officials) Regulations, 1956;

“filling station” has the meaning assigned thereto in regulation twenty-six;

“firedamp content” has the meaning assigned thereto in regulation eleven;

“housing station” has the meaning assigned thereto in regulation twenty-five;

“locomotive” means a mechanically propelled vehicle running on rails and constructed or used for hauling other vehicles;

“mine” has the meaning assigned thereto in regulation one;

“storage battery locomotive” has the meaning assigned thereto in regulation four.

(2) Expressions to which meanings are assigned by the Act or by these regulations shall (unless the contrary intention appears) have the same meanings in any document issued under the provisions of these regulations.

(3) The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.