# The Coal and Other Mines (Locomotives) Order 1956, Paragraph 32


(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.
(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—
(a) the charging apparatus is on the intake side of the battery racks; and
(b) the air passes from the battery racks directly into an airway and does not subsequently ventilate a working face.
(3) The manager shall ensure that every charging station—
(a) is constructed of non-inflammable material;
(b) is provided with suitable and sufficient apparatus for combating outbreaks of fire;
(c) is so equipped that the spilling of water or electrolyte is minimised.
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1771/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-locomotives-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-32
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