The Coal Mines (Precautions against Inflammable Dust) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1974

• Citation: S.I. 1974/2124
• Sections: 10

Section 1

These regulations may be cited as the Coal Mines (Precautions against Inflammable Dust) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1974 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1975.

Section 2

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

Section 3

The Coal Mines (Precautions against Inflammable Dust) Regulations 1956 , as amended , shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in the Schedule to these regulations.

Section 1

In regulation 3, for the words “two hundred and forty feet” , there shall be substituted the words “75 metres.”

Section 2

In regulation 4(b), for the words “thirty feet” , there shall be substituted the words “10 metres” .

Section 3

In regulation 6(a), for the words “60-mesh sieve of” , there shall be substituted the words “a sieve of which the nominal aperture size is 250 micrometres and which complies with” , and for the words “240-mesh sieve of” , there shall be substituted the words “a sieve of which the nominal aperture size is 63 micrometres and which complies with” .

Section 4

In regulation 7(2), for the words “six hundred feet” , there shall be substituted the words “180 metres” , and for the words “ten per mile” , there shall be substituted the words “6 per kilometre” .

Section 5

In regulation 8—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “one hundred and fifty feet” , there shall be substituted the words “45 metres” ,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “a quarter of an inch” , there shall be substituted the words “6 millimetres” , and for words “one inch” , there shall be substituted the words “25 millimetres” ;

(b) in paragraph (4), for the words “a quarter of an inch” , there shall be substituted the words “6 millimetres” ,

(c) in paragraph (5)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “fifteen feet” , there shall be substituted the words “5 metres” ,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “three feet” , there shall be substituted the word “metre”.

Section 6

In regulation 9, for the words “60-mesh sieve of” , there shall be substituted the words “a sieve of which the nominal aperture size is 250 micrometres and which complies with” .

Section 7

In regulation 10A—

(a) in paragraph (1), the words “stone dust” shall be omitted, and after the word “barriers” , there shall be inserted the words “to the extension of that flame” ;

(b) in paragraph (5), for the words “one hundred and fifty feet” (in both places where they appear), there shall be substituted the words “45 metres” .