# Coal Mines Act 1931 (repealed 20.11.1993)

21 & 22 Geo. 5 c. 27 · enacted 8 July 1931 · revised to 20 November 1993

An Act to remove for a period not exceeding one year the limitation upon the number of days on which the hours of employment below ground in coal mines may be extended under section three of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908; to restrict the duration of such extensions to half an hour on any one day, and to provide for the maintenance during the period aforesaid of minimum percentage additions to basis rates of wages and of subsistence rates of wages.

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mines-act-1931-repealed-20111993/pdf/ukpga_19310027_en.pdf

## Introductory text



## 1 Temporary amendment of 8. Edw. 7. c. 57, s. 3.

During the continuance of this section, section three of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908, shall have effect as if for the words “on not more than sixty days in any calendar year,” and subsection (2) thereof, were omitted therefrom, and as if for the words “one hour” there were therein substituted the words “half an hour.”

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## 3 †Short title, extent, commencement and duration.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Coal Mines Act 1931 and the Coal Mines Acts 1887 to 1930 and this Act may be cited together as the Coal Mines Acts 1887 to 1931.
(2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/21-22/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mines-act-1931-repealed-20111993
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