
1 

(1) The provisions set out in the 
first schedule hereto, being provisions of
regulations specified in the second schedule
 hereto subject to such modifications as aforesaid,
are hereby re-enacted and shall have effect as if they were regulations made
under section one hundred and forty-one
of the Act coming into operation at the commencement of the Act.
(2) The provisions set out in the 
first schedule hereto may be cited as the 
Coal and Other Mines (Locomotives) Regulations, 1956.

2 
Any exemption, consent, approval or
requirement granted or imposed for the purposes of any provisions of the regulations
specified in the second schedule
hereto shall, if in force at the commencement of the Act and so far as it
could have been granted or imposed for the purposes of the 
Coal and Other Mines (Locomotives) Regulations, 1956
(whether by that instrument or an instrument to the like effect), have effect
as if it had been so granted or imposed.
3 
This order shall come into operation
at the commencement of the Act and may be cited as the 
Coal and Other Mines (Locomotives) Order, 1956.

Aubrey. Jones
Minister of Fuel and Power
Dated this seventh day of November, nineteen hundred and fifty-six
FIRST SCHEDULE
PART I
1 
Except where the application thereof is further
expressly limited, these regulations shall apply below ground in every mine
of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay, and in these regulations,
except as aforesaid, “mine”
means such a mine.
PART II
2 
The manager of every mine shall ensure that
no locomotive runs in that mine unless it complies with the requirements of
this Part of these regulations.
3 

(1) Every locomotive and each of its accessories
shall, so far as practicable, be constructed of non-inflammable material,
and any inflammable material included therein shall be shrouded with a substantial
metallic covering:Provided that an inspector may by notice served on the
manager of any mine consent to the running in that mine of a locomotive in
which inflammable material is not so shrouded.
(2) In the case of every locomotive in which
the motive power is generated by an internal combustion engine, that locomotive
shall be so constructed that—
(a) no air enters the engine without first
being cleaned;
(b) no exhaust gases are expelled from the
locomotive without first being cooled and diluted; and
(c) no flames or sparks are emitted from
the locomotive.
(3) Every locomotive which runs in a mine
or part of a mine in which the use of lamps or lights, other than permitted
lights, is unlawful shall be of a type approved by the Minister:Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not
apply to a locomotive which runs only in lengths of road not ventilated by
air that has ventilated any working face and which does not run to any place
in such a length of road within nine hundred feet of a working face accessible
from that length of road.
4 
In the case of every locomotive
in which the motive power is generated by an electric motor supplied with
electricity by a storage battery (in these regulations referred to as a “storage battery locomotive”) that
part of the locomotive in which the battery is carried shall be so constructed
as to be capable of resisting rough usage and adequately ventilated.
5 

(1) Every locomotive shall be provided with—

(a) brakes which can (whether or not any
other device for applying them is fitted) be applied by the driver by direct
mechanical action;
(b) means for applying sand to the rails;

(c) means for giving adequate audible warnings;

(d) a suitable portable fire extinguisher;

(e) a seat for the driver;
(f) controls so placed that the driver can
simultaneously operate them and see ahead without leaning out of the locomotive;
and
(g) a portable lamp.
(2) Every locomotive, other than a locomotive
which cannot develop more than twenty-five horse power and cannot on a level
road exceed a speed of eight miles per hour, shall be provided with a combined
speed and mileage indicator so placed as to be easily seen by the driver when
he is operating the locomotive:Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not
apply to a locomotive which was in use in a mine before the first day of May,
nineteen hundred and forty-nine and which has not been provided with such
an indicator before the commencement of the Act.
(3) Every locomotive shall be provided with
a headlight with an effective range of at least two hundred feet or, in the
case of a locomotive which was in use in a mine before the first day of May,
nineteen hundred and forty-nine, if an inspector by notice served on the manager
of the mine consents thereto, such a headlight as that with which it was equipped
at that date.
PART III
6 

(1) Subject to the provisions of 
regulation eight the manager of every mine
in which any locomotive runs shall ensure that no locomotive runs in any length
of road otherwise than on a track of rails being a track—
(a) which is ballasted and where necessary
drained;
(b) having rails of a weight per yard of
rail not less than that specified in paragraph
(2) of this regulation;
(c) so constructed that the distance between
the centres of any adjacent sleepers does not exceed—
(i) in a length of road in a mine of stratified
ironstone or shale in which no locomotive exceeding three and one half tons
in weight runs, three feet;
(ii) in any other length of road, two feet
nine inches;
(d) having every rail joint secured by suitable
fishplates with at least four bolts; and
(e) so constructed that every curve thereon
is sufficiently gradual to enable any locomotive which runs thereon to do
so in safety and has where necessary a raised outer rail or check rail or
both of them.
(2) The minimum weight per yard of rail shall
be—
(a) in the case of rail in a mine of coal
or fireclay on which no locomotive exceeding five tons in weight runs, and
which is used only for the carrying of loads other than persons or minerals,
twenty-eight pounds;
(b) in the case of rail in a mine of stratified
ironstone or shale on which no locomotive exceeding three and one half tons
in weight runs, twenty-four pounds;
(c) in the case of any other rail, forty
pounds or, if the weight calculated as follows be greater, ten pounds with
an addition of five pounds for each ton of the greatest weight on one pair
of wheels of the heaviest locomotive which runs thereon.
(3) The manager of every mine in which any
locomotive runs shall ensure that no locomotive runs and no vehicle is drawn
by a locomotive at any place at which it may pass another locomotive or vehicle
on an adjacent track unless those tracks are so laid that taking into account
any swing of either locomotive or vehicle there is a clearance not less than
one foot between any parts of them.
7 

(1) Subject to the provisions of 
regulation eight the manager of every mine
in which any locomotive runs shall ensure that no locomotive runs in any length
of road therein which is not throughout of such height and width as to comply
with the following provisions of this regulation taking into account any swing
of the locomotive.
(2) The height of any such length of road
shall be such that—
(a) in the case of a locomotive with a covered
cab, there is as regards any part of the locomotive a vertical clearance not
less than one foot; or
(b) in the case of a locomotive without a
covered cab running in a mine of stratified ironstone or shale in a length
of road in which any locomotive ran, or for the running in which any locomotive
was required to be delivered under a contract made, before the first day of
May, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, there is as regards any part of the
locomotive a vertical clearance not less than one foot; or
(c) in the case of any other locomotive,
the driver can stand upright on any part of the floor of the cab.
(3) The width of any such length of road
shall be such that as regards any part of a locomotive there is a horizontal
clearance not less than two feet:Provided that, at a side on which refuge holes are not
provided of a length of road in which there are not more than two tracks of
rails, a horizontal clearance exceeding one foot shall not be required.
8 
An inspector, if he is satisfied that the application
of any provision of either of the two last preceding 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 that provision.

9 
The manager of every mine shall ensure that
no locomotive runs therein on a gradient exceeding 1:15.
10 

(1) Without prejudice to the
provisions of the Coal and
Other Mines (Managers and Officials) Regulations, 1956, with regard to the functions of deputies
in districts assigned to them and with regard to the inspection of places
outside deputies' districts, the manager of every mine in which any locomotive
runs shall secure that a competent person (who may be the deputy or person
assigned to make such inspection) is appointed by him to be in charge of every
length of road in which a locomotive runs.
(2) At intervals not exceeding twenty-four
hours the person for the time being in charge of any such length of road shall
inspect or supervise the inspection of that length to ascertain the condition
thereof as regards—
(a) the state of the track and its freedom
from obstructions, and
(b) the maintenance of the requisite height
and width of the road,and upon the completion of such an inspection shall forthwith record
and sign a full and accurate report thereof in a book provided by the owner
of the mine for the purpose.
PART IV
11 
Without prejudice to
the provisions of the Coal
and Other Mines (Ventilation) Regulations, 1956, where a locomotive runs in any length of
road in which the use of lamps or lights, other than permitted lights, is
unlawful, the manager shall make and secure the efficient carrying out of
arrangements whereby determinations of the percentage of inflammable gas present
in the general body of the air (in these regulations referred to as “the firedamp content”) are made in
that length of road in accordance with the provisions of the three next following
regulations:  Provided that an inspector, if he is satisfied
that the normal firedamp content in any length of road is not such as to make
regular determinations necessary, may by notice served on the manager exempt
that length from the application of any provision in this Part of these regulations.

12 
Determinations of the firedamp content shall
be made—
(a) by means of apparatus of a type approved
for the purpose by the Minister, by a competent person appointed for that
purpose by the manager of the mine; or
(b) by means of samples of air taken by a
competent person so appointed and analysed within four days. (without taking
into account any Saturday, Sunday or day of general holiday) of the taking
thereof.
13 

(1) Determinations of the firedamp content
shall be made—
(a) at a point at each end of every length
of road in which any locomotive runs;
(b) at such other suitable points as may
be fixed by the manager:Provided that paragraph (a)
 shall not require any determination to be
made in a length of intake airway which begins at a shaft or outlet at any
place more than nine hundred feet from any working face ventilated by that
airway.
(2) An inspector may, if he is of opinion
that any point fixed in pursuance of sub-paragraph
(b) of paragraph (1) of this regulation is
unsuitable, serve on the manager a notice requiring him to fix some other
point in substitution therefor and may serve on the manager a notice requiring
determinations to be made at any other point specified in the notice in addition
to those required by the preceding paragraph.
14 

(1) Determinations of the firedamp content
shall be made at every point required by or under the last preceding regulation
once in every week at the time when the firedamp content is likely to be greatest:
Provided that—
(a) if any determination at any such point
shows a firedamp content exceeding 0.8 per cent. by volume determinations
shall be made at that point at intervals not exceeding twenty-four hours so
long as the content is shown to exceed or to have exceeded that percentage
and for the seven next following working days;
(b) if every determination made during a
period of thirty days at any such point showed a firedamp content not exceeding—

(i) in the case of a point in a length of
road not ventilated by air which has ventilated a working face, 0.2 per cent.
by volume;
(ii) in the case of a point in any other
length of road, 0.6 per cent. by volume;it shall be sufficient to make determinations at that point at
intervals not exceeding thirty days for so long as the firedamp content shown
thereby does not exceed that percentage.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in the last
preceding paragraph, whenever any alteration is made in the arrangements for
ventilating a mine which affects or may affect substantially any length of
road in which determinations of the firedamp content are required by or under
this Part of these regulations to be made, a determination of the firedamp
content at each point in that length shall be made as soon as any substantial
effect of the alteration would be apparent.
(3) Where a determination of the firedamp
content made for the purposes of these regulations is made by means of a sample
of air, it shall be deemed to be made at the time and place at which the sample
is taken.
15 
Particulars of every determination of firedamp
content made in accordance with this Part of these regulations shall be recorded
forthwith in a book provided for that purpose by the owner of the mine.
16 

(1) If any determination of firedamp content
made in any length of road (not being a determination made by analysis of
a sample of air) shows a firedamp content exceeding one and one quarter per
cent. by volume or any indication of inflammable gas is seen on the lowered
flame of a safety-lamp in the general body of the air, the person making that
determination or the person using the lamp (as the case may be) shall forthwith
inform the person in charge of the part of the mine which includes that length
of road and that latter person shall after forthwith verifying the accuracy
of the information so given to him forthwith discontinue the running of any
locomotive in that length of road.
(2) After such discontinuance no locomotive
shall be run in that length of road until the manager of the mine, being satisfied
that the firedamp content therein does not exceed one and one quarter per
cent. by volume, so directs.
(3) If any determination of firedamp content
made in any length of road by analysis of a sample of air shows a firedamp
content exceeding one and one quarter per cent. by volume, the manager of
the mine shall forthwith upon receipt of that information ensure that no locomotive
runs in that length of road until he is satisfied that the firedamp content
therein does not exceed one and one quarter per cent. by volume.
(4) The manager shall forthwith give to the
inspector for the district notice of any discontinuance of the running of
a locomotive in pursuance of this regulation.
PART V
17 

(1) No person shall
operate any locomotive in any mine other than a person appointed by the manager
of the mine to be a driver of that locomotive or of that type of locomotive
(hereinafter referred to as “an appointed
driver”) or a person so doing in the course of his duty
in connection with the maintenance, repair or testing of that locomotive,
and no appointed driver shall operate a locomotive hauling persons in vehicles
unless he has attained the age of— 
(a) 
in the case of a mine of shale, eighteen years;

(b) in the case of any other mine,
twenty-one years.
(2) A manager shall not appoint any person
to be an appointed driver unless that person is the holder of a certificate
that he is competent without supervision to operate a locomotive of the type
in question given by a person responsible for his training in such operation.

(3) The manager shall supply to every appointed
driver a copy or summary of so much of the transport rules of the mine as
affect the discharge of his duties.
18 
No person for the time being operating a locomotive
in a mine shall leave that locomotive unattended, otherwise than at the place
where it is normally kept when not in use, unless he has ensured that it cannot
be set in motion by any person prohibited by these regulations from operating
it.
19 
Except in accordance with the transport rules
of the mine, no person shall be on any locomotive in motion in the mine unless
he is—
(a) an appointed driver; or
(b) when the locomotive is being used in
shunting operations, a person engaged in those operations; or
(c) a person engaged in maintaining, repairing
or testing the locomotive.
20 
Except during shunting operations no person
shall couple next to any locomotive a vehicle containing any timber or other
material of a length exceeding the length of the vehicle.
21 

(1) In any mine of coal or fireclay no person
shall use a locomotive for moving any vehicle otherwise than by hauling from
in front, except during shunting operations.
(2) In any mine of stratified ironstone or
shale no person shall use a locomotive for moving any vehicle otherwise than
by hauling from in front except—
(a) during shunting operations; or
(b) for moving a single vehicle at a place
within twelve hundred feet of a working face; or
(c) in a length of road in which a locomotive
was used for hauling material before the first day of May, nineteen hundred
and forty-nine.
(3) Where in any mine of stratified ironstone
or shale any vehicle is moved by a locomotive otherwise than by hauling from
in front in pursuance of sub-paragraph (c)
of the last preceding paragraph, a white light visible at a distance of two
hundred feet shall be attached to the front of the vehicle or, if there is
more than one, of the leading vehicle:Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply to
any single vehicle so moved within twelve hundred feet of any working face.

22 
A red light visible at a distance of two hundred
feet shall be attached—
(a) at the rear of the last vehicle of every
train in a mine; and
(b) at the rear of every locomotive in a
mine when it is not attached to a vehicle:Provided that nothing in this regulation shall apply in
any mine of stratified ironstone or shale to any train or locomotive within
twelve hundred feet of any working face.
23 

(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of
every mine in which a locomotive runs to make and secure the efficient carrying
out of arrangements whereby every locomotive thereat is examined externally
during every period of twenty-four hours during which the engine or motor
has been run, by a competent person appointed by the manager for that purpose,
and upon the completion of such an examination the person making it shall
forthwith record and sign a full and accurate report thereof in a book provided
by the owner of the mine for the purpose.
(2) In relation to any locomotive in which
the motive power is generated by an internal combustion engine, it shall be
the duty of the manager to make and secure the efficient carrying out of arrangements
whereby any protective device fitted to any exhaust opening of the engine
is thoroughly cleaned, or a clean device is substituted, whenever necessary
and in any event during every period of twenty-four hours during which the
engine has been run or such longer period as the Minister may be notice served
on the manager approve in relation to any such locomotive.
24 

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of regulations six
and seven of the 
Coal and Other Mines (Mechanics and Electricians) Regulations, 1956, it shall be the duty of the manager of every
mine in which a locomotive runs to ensure that a scheme for the systematic
examination of plant at that mine made in pursuance of the said 
regulation seven provides for the thorough
examination and testing at intervals not exceeding seven days of every locomotive
thereat. In the course of such examination and testing steps shall be taken
to ensure that all parts of the locomotive requiring to be cleaned are properly
clean and the brakes shall be applied—
(a) when the locomotive is in motion, by
direct mechanical action and by any other means provided; and
(b) when the locomotive is stationary and
the engine or motor is not running, by any means provided other than direct
mechanical action and for a period of ten minutes.
(2) Such scheme shall provide also for the
like examination and testing of the brakes forthwith after any repair or adjustment
to the braking system of any locomotive.
PART VI
25 

(1) The manager of
every mine in which there is any diesel locomotive shall make and secure the
efficient carrying out of arrangements whereby that locomotive is, when not
in use, kept in a place appointed for that purpose by him (in these regulations
referred to as a “housing station”).

(2) The manager shall ensure that every housing
station—
(a) is provided with not less than two means
of egress;
(b) is ventilated by a current of air sufficient
to dilute and render harmless all exhaust gases emitted by any engine running
therein;
(c) is constructed of non-inflammable material;

(d) has a floor of smooth concrete;
(e) has an inspection pit or other suitable
means for making inspections from below the locomotive; and
(f) is provided with suitable and sufficient
apparatus for combating outbreaks of fire.
26 

(1) No person shall
replenish any diesel locomotive with fuel oil in any mine except at a place
appointed for that purpose by the manager (in these regulations referred to
as a “filling station”).

(2) The manager shall ensure that every filling
station—
(a) is provided with not less than two means
of egress;
(b) is ventilated by a current of air sufficient
to dilute and render harmless all gases emitted therein;
(c) is constructed of non-inflammable material;

(d) has a floor of smooth concrete surrounded
by a sill;
(e) is provided with suitable and sufficient
apparatus for combating outbreaks of fire; and
(f) is so equipped that the spilling of oil
is minimised.
(3) Any person spilling oil in a filling
station shall—
(a) forthwith wipe it up or cause it to be
wiped up with a non-inflammable absorbent;
(b) forthwith thereafter deposit that absorbent,
or cause it to be deposited, in a fireproof receptacle; and
(c) as soon as practicable take that absorbent,
or cause it to be taken, to the surface.
(4) No person shall take any oil from any
container in a filling station while any internal combustion engine in the
filling station is running.
(5) In a mine or part of a mine which is
not a safety-lamp mine or safety-lamp part of a mine, no person shall, in,
or within ten yards of, any filling station, smoke or use any lamp or light
other than a locked safety-lamp or an electric lamp adequately protected:
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply in relation
to any filling station constructed before the first day of May, nineteen hundred
and forty-nine, in any mine of stratified ironstone or of shale for any diesel
locomotive which was in use before that date or was required to be delivered
under a contract made before that date.
27 
The manager of every mine in which any diesel
locomotive runs shall make and secure the efficient carrying out of arrangements
whereby—
(a) no fuel oil is used for the generation
of energy in that locomotive other than oil of a specification approved by
the Minister;
(b) no oil for use as aforesaid is taken
below ground otherwise than in a suitable container which does not leak; and

(c) any such oil at any time stored below
ground (otherwise than in the tanks of a locomotive)—
(i) is kept in a filling station in a suitable
container which does not leak; and
(ii) does not exceed in quantity, such quantity
as, together with any oil then in the tanks of locomotives for which it has
been brought below ground, is likely to be consumed by those locomotives (having
regard to their normal user) within the period of forty-eight hours next following.

28 
The manager of every mine in which any diesel
locomotive runs shall ensure that a notice is kept posted in every filling
station in such characters and in such a position as to be easily seen and
read by the persons resorting thereto, being a notice specifying the requirements
and prohibitions of paragraphs (1), 
(3), (4) and 
(5) (if applicable) of regulation twenty-six.

29 
The manager of every mine in which any diesel
locomotive runs shall ensure that no such locomotive runs therein if—

(a) in the case of a locomotive in a mine
of stratified ironstone or of shale, being a locomotive which was in use before
the first day of May, nineteen hundred and forty-nine or was required to be
delivered under a contract made before that date, gas emitted from its exhaust
contains more than 0.4 per cent. by volume of carbon monoxide or 0.15 per
cent. by volume of oxides of nitrogen; or
(b) in any other case, gas emitted from its
exhaust contains more than 0.2 per cent. by volume of carbon monoxide or 0.1
per cent. by volume of oxides of nitrogen.
30 

(1) No person for the time being operating
any diesel locomotive in a mine shall keep the engine running when that locomotive
is stationary except—
(a) during brief halts while the locomotive
is in use; or
(b) while the locomotive is being tested.

(2) If at any place in a mine in which a
diesel locomotive runs there is found in the general body of the air an amount
of carbon monoxide exceeding 0.005 per cent. by volume, the manager shall
forthwith take such steps as are necessary so to improve the ventilation at
that place that that percentage of carbon monoxide is not exceeded.
(3) If at any place in a mine in which a
diesel locomotive runs there is found in the general body of the air an amount
of carbon monoxide exceeding 0.01 per cent. by volume, the manager shall ensure
that no engine of a diesel locomotive is run at that place or at any other
place at which such running could affect the ventilation at the first mentioned
place until it has been determined that the amount of carbon monoxide in the
general body of the air at the first mentioned place does not exceed 0.005
per cent. by volume.
31 

(1) The manager of every mine in which any
diesel locomotive runs shall make and secure the efficient carrying out of
arrangements whereby samples are taken by a competent person appointed for
that purpose by him and analysed in accordance with the following provisions
of this regulation.
(2) At intervals not exceeding ninety days
separate samples of the gas emitted from the exhaust of every diesel locomotive
in use in the mine shall be taken when the engine of the locomotive is—

(a) developing maximum power; and
(b) idling with the locomotive stationary.

(3) At intervals not exceeding thirty days
separate samples of the general body of the air shall be taken at places and
times appointed by the manager so as to secure the detection of any harmful
concentration of carbon monoxide produced by any diesel locomotive. An inspector
may by notice served on the manager require him to appoint any place specified
in the notice either instead of or in addition to any place already appointed
by the manager.
(4) Every sample taken in pursuance of 
paragraph (2) of this regulation shall within
four days of the taking thereof be analysed to determine the percentages of
carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen therein and every sample taken in pursuance
of paragraph (3)
of this regulation shall within that period be analysed to determine the percentage
of carbon monoxide therein and particulars of each such analysis shall be
recorded forthwith in a book provided for that purpose by the owner of the
mine. In reckoning a period of four days for the purposes of this paragraph
no account shall be taken of any Saturday, Sunday or day of general holiday.

PART VII
32 

(1) No person shall charge or change any
battery of a storage battery locomotive in any mine except at a place appointed
for that purpose by the manager.
(2) The manager shall
ensure that every place so appointed for charging batteries (in these regulations
referred to as a “charging station”
) is so arranged in relation to the ventilation that— 
(a) the charging apparatus is on the intake side
of the battery racks; and

(b) the air passes from the battery
racks directly into an airway and does not subsequently ventilate a working
face.
(3) The manager shall ensure that every charging
station—
(a) is constructed of non-inflammable material;

(b) is provided with suitable and sufficient
apparatus for combating outbreaks of fire;
(c) is so equipped that the spilling of water
or electrolyte is minimised.
(4) Any person spilling any water or electrolyte
on any battery in a charging station shall forthwith wipe it up or cause it
to be wiped up.
(5) In a mine or part of a mine which is
not a safety-lamp mine or a safety-lamp part of a mine, no person shall, in,
or within thirty feet of, any charging station, smoke or use any lamp or light
other than a locked safety-lamp or an electric lamp adequately protected.

33 
The manager of every mine in which any storage
battery locomotive runs shall ensure that a notice is kept posted in every
charging station in such characters and in such a position as to be easily
seen and read by the persons resorting thereto, being a notice specifying
the requirements and prohibitions of paragraphs
(1), (4) and 
(5) (if applicable) of regulation thirty-two.

PART VIII
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.
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.
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.
SECOND SCHEDULE


 The Coal Mines (Locomotives)
General Regulations, 1949
 The Ironstone and Shale
Mines (Locomotives) General Regulations, 1950
