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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-horses-order-1956/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-horses-order-1956/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1956/1777",
  "legislation_title": "The Coal and Other Mines (Horses) Order, 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-horses-order-1956",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This order is made under the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954,s. 190, which empowers the Minister of Fuel and Power to re-enact (to the extent to which they could be enacted in regulations made under the Act and subject to modifications of the kind specified in that section) the provisions of regulations and enactments which will cease to have effect at the commencement of the Act.\nThe provisions set out as regulations in the first schedule to this order apply to mines of coal, stratified ironstone, shale and fireclay, and relate to the employment of horses in such mines. The regulations prohibit the taking below ground of any horse unless it is at least four years old and is certified by a veterinary surgeon to be free from glanders, and no blind horse may be taken or allowed to be below ground. Provision is made to ensure that every horse is periodically examined by a veterinary surgeon, and unfit horses must be dealt with as specified in reg. 4. The regulations also restrict the carrying of horses on vehicles below ground; prohibit persons from riding on them; lay down maximum periods of work; require the appointment and specify the duties of horse-keepers; and make provision with regard to the construction, equipment and use of stables and the general welfare and care of the horses not only when they are in their stables but also when they are at work. These regulations comprise, and will at the commencement of the Act replace, provisions of the regulations and enactments specified in the second schedule to the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1777/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:15:26.909125+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}