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These Regulations may be cited as the Mines (Substances Hazardous to Health) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 14th April 1998.
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Regulation 5(1)(d) of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 is hereby revoked.
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(1) For subsection (1) of section 74 of the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 there shall be substituted the following subsection—“
(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to ensure that, in connection with the getting, dressing and transporting of minerals below ground in the mine, the giving off of any dust that is inflammable is minimised.”.
(2) In section 74(2) of the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, the words “or dust of such character and in such quantity as to be likely to be injurious to the persons employed” are hereby repealed.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on
Philip B. Strong
Assistant Secretary
4th March 1998.