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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 30

30.(1) Every mine shaft and staple-pit shall, save in so far as the natural
conditions of the strata through which it passes render it unnecessary (either
as to the whole or as to any part thereof) so to make it, be made secure, and
shall be kept secure.

(2) In any prosecution for a contravention of subsection (1) with respect to a
shaft or staple-pit, it shall be a defence to prove that at the time of the
alleged contravention no insecure part of that shaft or staple-pit was in use
or was the site of any operations in progress by way of driving or extending
the shaft or staple-pit.

(3) Subsection (1) shall apply to unwalkable outlets at a mine as it applies
to mine shafts.

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