{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-locomotives-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-locomotives-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1956/1771",
  "legislation_title": "The Coal and Other Mines (Locomotives) Order 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-locomotives-order-1956",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/32",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) No person shall charge or change any battery of a storage battery locomotive in any mine except at a place appointed for that purpose by the manager.\n(2) The manager shall ensure that every place so appointed for charging batteries (in these regulations referred to as a “charging station” ) is so arranged in relation to the ventilation that—\n(a) the charging apparatus is on the intake side of the battery racks; and\n(b) the air passes from the battery racks directly into an airway and does not subsequently ventilate a working face.\n(3) The manager shall ensure that every charging station—\n(a) is constructed of non-inflammable material;\n(b) is provided with suitable and sufficient apparatus for combating outbreaks of fire;\n(c) is so equipped that the spilling of water or electrolyte is minimised.\n(4) Any person spilling any water or electrolyte on any battery in a charging station shall forthwith wipe it up or cause it to be wiped up.\n(5) In a mine or part of a mine which is not a safety-lamp mine or a safety-lamp part of a mine, no person shall, in, or within thirty feet of, any charging station, smoke or use any lamp or light other than a locked safety-lamp or an electric lamp adequately protected.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1771/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:15:31.705653+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."
}