Paragraph 2
It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine in which or in part of which the use of lamps or lights, other than permitted lights, is unlawful to appoint competent persons and to make and ensure the efficient carrying out of arrangements to secure the examination of safety-lamps and appliances (whether or not safety-lamps) for detecting the presence of inflammable gas (hereinafter referred to as “detectors”) in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
The manager shall make and ensure the efficient carrying out of arrangements to secure that no safety-lamp or detector is taken for use below ground in such a mine unless—
since last in use it has been thoroughly examined above ground by a competent person appointed by him and has been found by that person to be in safe working order; and
it is securely locked.
Such arrangements shall provide for the keeping of a record of the person by whom any safety-lamp or detector is so taken on any occasion.
The manager shall make and ensure the efficient carrying out of arrangements to secure the examination by a competent person appointed by him of every safety-lamp or detector upon its return to the lamp room after use. If the competent person upon such an examination finds any lamp or detector to be damaged he shall forthwith record the nature of the damage in a book provided for that purpose by the owner of the mine.
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2), the examination thereunder of every flame safety-lamp with a self-contained re-lighting contrivance shall include the taking apart of the lamp, thorough cleaning of all parts and the testing of the re-lighting contrivance. After reassembly the re-lighting contrivance shall not be operated unnecessarily.