{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mines-regulation-act-1908/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mines-regulation-act-1908/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/8/57",
  "legislation_title": "Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mines-regulation-act-1908",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Power to suspend Act by Order in Council in event of emergency.",
  "text": "His Majesty may, in the event of war or of imminent national danger or great emergency, or in the event of any grave economic disturbance due to the demand for coal or for the product of any other mines to which this Act applies exceeding the supply available at the time, by Order in Council suspend the operation of this Act to such extent and for such period as may be named in the Order, either as respects all mines or any class of mines.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words inserted by Coal Mines Regulation (Amendment) Act 1917 (c. 8), s. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word substituted by Coal Mines Regulation (Amendment) Act 1917 (c. 8), s. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/57/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:04.239414+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."
}