{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-safety-lamp-mines-explosives-regulations-1993/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-safety-lamp-mines-explosives-regulations-1993/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Coal and Other Safety-Lamp Mines (Explosives) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-safety-lamp-mines-explosives-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Restrictions on the drilling and charging of shotholes",
  "text": "(1) Any person who drills a shothole shall ensure that it is not placed or drilled into any charge or socket remaining from a previous shot.\n(2) A person shall not charge a shothole unless it is safe to do so.\n(3) A person shall not charge a shothole as part of a delay round unless–\n(a) he inserts the primed cartridge first with the detonator at the back of the shothole; and\n(b) he has allowed for suitable delay periods between the shots having regard to the circumstances of the particular case.\n(4) A person shall not charge a shothole or different shotholes in a round with primed cartridges which contain explosives or detonators of a different type from those used in the remainder of the charge or round concerned.\n(5) A person responsible for charging a shothole shall ensure that–\n(a) where necessary, the back of the shothole is plugged with stemming material;\n(b) the shothole is stemmed with a sufficient amount of suitable stemming material; and\n(c) any tool inserted into a charged shothole is made of wood or of an anti-static material.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/208/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:05:51.074363+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."
}