{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/escape-and-rescue-from-mines-regulations-1995/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/escape-and-rescue-from-mines-regulations-1995/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2870",
  "legislation_title": "The Escape and Rescue from Mines Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/escape-and-rescue-from-mines-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of these Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Except where otherwise expressly provided, these Regulations shall apply to all mines.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), Part IV of these Regulations shall apply to–\n(a) a mine of coal;\n(b) any other mine containing zones below ground in which firedamp whether or not normally present is likely to occur in a quantity sufficient to indicate danger; or\n(c) any other mine where an irrespirable atmosphere is likely to occur below ground in a quantity requiring the use of breathing apparatus.\n(3) Regulations 12(2), 13 and 14 together with Part IV of these Regulations shall not apply to a tourist mine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2870/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:58:52.219077+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."
}