{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mines-cardox-and-hydrox-regulations-1956/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mines-cardox-and-hydrox-regulations-1956/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1956/1942",
  "legislation_title": "The Coal Mines (Cardox and Hydrox) Regulations 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mines-cardox-and-hydrox-regulations-1956",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) No person shall fire any shell unless he has satisfied himself by taking all reasonable precautions that—\n(a) it is in a hole so placed as to be safe for firing and there has been no contravention of the last preceding regulation in connection therewith; and\n(b) measures of a kind directed by the manager of the mine have been taken to ensure that the shell is not ejected in a dangerous manner on firing.\n(2) Unless an inspector by notice served on the manager consents thereto, no person shall fire a shell in any coal face unless the coal has been holed or sheared to a depth greater than the depth of the hole.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1942/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:14:34.078701+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."
}