The Mines (Precautions Against Inrushes) Regulations 1979

UK Statutory Instrument 1979 No. 318 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 16 March 1979
In force from: 9 April 1979
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries
Made under: Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Explanatory note

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These Regulations impose on owners and managers of mines duties to take precautions against inrushes of gas, water and material which flows or is likely to flow when wet. By virtue of Regulation 6 a mine working which would be within 37 metres of any disused mine workings or 45 metres of any other potentially hazardous areas specified in the Regulation is prohibited unless the manager follows the steps laid down in that Regulation. The Regulations replace the existing provisions for controlling inrushes in mines; the enactments repealed are set out in Regulation 7 and the Regulations revoked are set out in Schedules 1 and 2.

Offences created by this instrument

Contravention of The Mines (Precautions Against Inrushes) Regulations 1979 the instrument as a whole · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Gleision Mine Commons · Westminster Hall · 26 November 2014 · Mr Hain
I agree with my hon. Friend. He also speaks with great authority as a former miner. Mr Fyfield, who was the mines manager, is highly respected and experienced. He told the court that he went into the old workings to check for the presence of water marked on the plan and found none. Somehow, there was a catastrophic misjudgment. The water was indeed there, and it nearly killed him, just as it killed the four miners. Built into the regulations is a statutory procedure that could have prevented all this. A precautions against inrush scheme would surely have given the men an indication of the…

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