MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 51 Supply of materials for support.

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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 51

Supply of materials for support.

51.(1) ..., no materials shall be used for the support of the roof or sides of
any place in a mine other than materials provided by the owner of the mine.

(2) No charge shall be levied by the owner of a mine upon any person employed
thereat in respect of the provision by the owner of materials for support.

(3) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure that a
sufficient supply of suitable materials for support is at all times readily
available, for use at the place where he is actually working, to a workman who
needs them, and

(a)where a sufficient supply of such materials is not readily available, for
use at the place where he is actually working, to a workman who needs them, he
shall withdraw to a place of safety and forthwith report to an official of the
mine that, by reason of the premises, he has done so; and

(b)where it appears to the person for the time being in charge of a part of a
mine that such a supply is not available as aforesaid to a workman employed in
that part of the mine, the said person shall cause the workman to withdraw as
aforesaid;

Withdrawal of support.

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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 51