# The Coal and Other Mines (Horses) Order, 1956, Paragraph 15


(1) In any case in which it comes to the notice of an official of the mine that a horse for the time being in the charge of a person who works under the immediate charge of that official, and in any case in which it comes to the notice of a horse-keeper that a horse for the time being under his care (as the case may be)—
(a) is unfit, is injured, or shows any symptoms of overwork; or
(b) bears any marks indicating ill-treatment; or
(c) is wearing any harness likely to cause pain or injury;
that official or that horse-keeper (as the case may be) shall forthwith make a report thereof to the manager or an under-manager.
(2) No horse with respect to which a report has been made in pursuance of the last preceding paragraph shall be worked at the mine until the manager or an under-manager so authorises.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1777/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-horses-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-15
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