
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Coal and Other Mines (Fire and Rescue) (Amendment) Regulations 1980 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1980.
2 
The Coal and Other Mines (Fire and Rescue) Regulations 1956 shall be amended as follows:—
(a) in Regulation 25(4) (which relates to the testing of suits of breathing apparatus) omit the words “by immersion”;
(b) for paragraph 2(b) of the First Schedule (which relates to the testing of suits of breathing apparatus) substitute—“
(b) test it for leakage while it is fully distended under pressure;”.
John E.M. Moore
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Energy
Patrick Mayhew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Employment
27th June 1980