{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-horses-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-horses-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-14.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": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) No person shall at any time work a horse below ground at a mine if—\n(a) it is unfit;\n(b) it is not properly shod; or\n(c) it is wearing harness which does not fit properly or is not in good condition, or is without a guard for the eyes.\n(2) In any case in which a person, other than a horse-keeper, for the time being in charge of a horse below ground at a mine has reason to believe that—\n(a) the horse is unfit, is injured, or shows any symptoms of overwork; or\n(b) the horse is not properly shod; or\n(c) the horse is wearing harness which does not fit properly or which is not in good condition, or is without a guard for the eyes; or\n(d) there is any inadequacy in the supply of food or water for the horse at or near any place where it is working; or\n(e) the horse or its harness has rubbed against the roof or sides of a road; or\n(f) any other matter has arisen affecting or likely to affect the care or treatment of the horse;\nhe shall forthwith report the matter to the official under whose immediate charge he works and to a horse-keeper.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (E.W.) (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(r), Sch. 23 para. 42"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1777/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/14",
    "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."
}