{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-horses-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-horses-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-7.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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) No horse shall be allowed to be out of its stable for the purpose of work during any period—\n(a) of twenty-four hours, during more than two shifts;\n(b) of forty-eight hours, during more than three shifts; or\n(c) of seven days, during more than seven shifts or for more than forty-eight hours in the aggregate:\nProvided that nothing in this regulation shall restrict the working of any horse where necessary through unforeseen circumstances for the purpose of—\n(i) saving life;\n(ii) remedying the effect of an accident; or\n(iii) avoiding serious interference with ordinary work in the mine.\n(2) It shall be the duty of the appropriate horse-keeper to ensure compliance with the provisions of the last preceding paragraph.\n(3) For the purposes of this regulation the period of work on any day (excluding any overtime) of any person under whose charge a horse is when out of its stable shall be regarded as a shift.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}