{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-sanitary-conveniences-order-1956/schedule/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-sanitary-conveniences-order-1956/schedule/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1956/1776",
  "legislation_title": "The Coal and Other Mines (Sanitary Conveniences) Order 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-mines-sanitary-conveniences-order-1956",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The manager of every mine shall make and secure the efficient carrying out of arrangements whereby (except in the case of urinals, water-closets and conveniences so constructed and used that any deposit flows therefrom to a separate container and is therein chemically treated)—\n(a) an adequate supply of disinfectant, dry coal dust, or other suitable substance for covering faeces is constantly provided in a suitable receptacle at every sanitary convenience at the mine;\n(b) every sanitary convenience below ground at the mine is provided with a portable receptacle with a lid, both being made of suitable material;\n(c) every receptacle provided in pursuance of sub-paragraph (b) is, at such intervals as may be necessary and in any case at intervals not exceeding seven days, emptied above ground or below ground in waste, and cleaned; and\n(d) the contents of every such receptacle emptied below ground in any waste are forthwith disposed of in that waste in a hygienic manner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1776/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:15:27.873499+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."
}